but when he had wept for some time he told himself that this crying would do no good; it was his duty to avenge his father's murder, and this he determined to do. he looked about for some clue which would lead him to discover the murderer. looking up at the tree he noticed that the best fruit had gone, and that all around lay bits of peel and numerous seeds strewn on the ground as well as the unripe persimmons which had evidently been thrown at his father. then he understood that the monkey was the murderer, for he now remembered that his father had once told him the story of the rice-dumpling and the persimmon-seed.