But in reality it was he who had deceived himself . The soldiers , conceiving that their king was being attacked , seized the tanuki by the legs and flung him over into the river , and the water closed over him . And the little tanoki saw it all , and rejoiced that his mother 's death had been avenged . Then he went back to the forest , and if he has not found it too lonely , he is probably living there still . -LSB- From Japanische Mahrchen . -RSB- The Crab And The Monkey There was once a crab who lived in a hole on the shady side of a mountain . She was a very good housewife , and so careful and industrious that there was no creature in the whole country whose hole was so neat and clean as hers , and she took great pride in it . One day she saw lying near the mouth of her hole a handful of cooked rice which some pilgrim must have let fall when he was stopping to eat his dinner . Delighted at this discovery , she hastened to the spot , and was carrying the rice back to her hole when a monkey , who lived in some trees near by , came down to see what the crab was doing . His eyes shone at the sight of the rice , for it was his favourite food , and like the sly fellow he was , he proposed a bargain to the crab . She was to give him half the rice in exchange for the kernel of a sweet red kaki fruit which he had just eaten . He half expected that the crab would laugh in his face at this impudent proposal , but instead of doing so she only looked at him for a moment with her head on one side and then said that she would agree to the exchange . So the monkey went off with his rice , and the crab returned to her hole with the kernel . For some time the crab saw no more of the monkey , who had gone to pay a visit on the sunny side of the mountain ; but one morning he happened to pass by her hole , and found her sitting under the shadow of a beautiful kaki tree . ` Good day , ' he said politely , ` you have some very fine fruit there ! I am very hungry , could you spare me one or two ? ' ` Oh , certainly , ' replied the crab , ` but you must forgive me if I can not get them for you myself . 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 XXXXX let him go up , merely saying that he must throw her down half the fruit .
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