Battle of the Monkey & the Crab by Anonymous
"Battle of the Monkey & the Crab" by Anonymous is a Japanese folktale published in English translation in 1885. When a cunning monkey tricks a crab out of her rice ball and later kills her in a dispute over persimmon fruit, the crab's offspring plot an elaborate revenge. With help from unusual allies—a chestnut, bee, cow dung, and mortar—they devise a deadly trap at the monkey's home. Retributive justice drives this dark
tale of betrayal and vengeance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Anonymous |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Eitaku, 1843-1890 |
| Translator | Thompson, David, 1835- |
| Uniform Title | Sarukani kassen. English |
| Title | Battle of the Monkey & the Crab |
| Alternate Title | Battle of the Monkey and the Crab |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crab_and_the_Monkey |
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Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Folklore -- Japan |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Japan |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 25021 |
| Release Date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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