then kintaro consenting, the hare and the monkey began to wrestle again. now, as every one knows, the monkey is a cunning animal by nature, and he made up his mind to get the best of the hare this time if it were possible. to do this, he thought that the best and surest way would be to get hold of the hare's long ear. this he soon managed to do. the hare was quite thrown off his guard by the pain of having his long ear pulled so hard, and the monkey seizing his opportunity at last, caught hold of one of the hare's legs and sent him sprawling in the middle of the dais. the monkey was now the victor and received, a rice-dumpling from kintaro, which pleased him so much that he quite forgot his sore back.