Anonymous creator Eitaku 1843-1890 Thompson, David 1835- text utu 2008 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crab_and_the_Monkey Release date is 2008-04-08 Produced by Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Folklore -- Japan Fairy tales -- Japan PZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25021 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25021 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133555.0 25021