I am no tree-climber . ' ` Pray do not apologise , ' answered the monkey . ` Now that I have your permission I can get them myself quite easily . ' And the crab consented to let him go up , merely saying that he must throw her down half the fruit . In another moment he was swinging himself from branch to branch , eating all the ripest kakis and filling his pockets with the rest , and the poor crab saw to her disgust that the few he threw down to her were either not ripe at all or else quite rotten . ` You are a shocking rogue , ' she called in a rage ; but the monkey took no notice , and went on eating as fast as he could . The crab understood that it was no use her scolding , so she resolved to try what cunning would do . ` Sir Monkey , ' she said , ` you are certainly a very good climber , but now that you have eaten so much , I am quite sure you would never be able to turn one of your somersaults . ' The monkey prided himself on turning better somersaults than any of his family , so he instantly went head over heels three times on the bough on which he was sitting , and all the beautiful kakis that he had in his pockets rolled to the ground . Quick as lightning the crab picked them up and carried a quantity of them into her house , but when she came up for another the monkey sprang on her , and treated her so badly that he left her for dead . When he had beaten her till his arm ached he went his way . It was a lucky thing for the poor crab that she had some friends to come to her help or she certainly would have died then and there . The wasp flew to her , and took her back to bed and looked after her , and then he consulted with a rice-mortar and an egg which had fallen out of a nest near by , and they agreed that when the monkey returned , as he was sure to do , to steal the rest of the fruit , that they would punish him severely for the manner in which he had behaved to the crab . So the mortar climbed up to the beam over the front door , and the egg lay quite still on the ground , while the wasp set down the water-bucket in a corner . Then the crab dug itself a deep hole in the ground , so that not even the tip of her claws might be seen . Soon after everything was ready the monkey jumped down from his tree , and creeping to the door began a long hypocritical speech , asking pardon for all he had done . He waited for an answer of some sort , but none came . He listened , but all was still ; then he peeped , and saw no one ; then he went in . He peered about for the crab , but in vain ; however , his eyes fell on the egg , which he snatched up and set on the fire . But in a moment the egg had burst into a thousand pieces , and its sharp shell struck him in the face and scratched him horribly .
Smarting with pain he ran to the bucket and stooped down to throw some water XXXXX his head .
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