One day, a monkey and a crab met on a mountain. The monkey had a persimmon-seed, and the crab a toasted rice cake. The monkey was jealous, and asked if the crab would trade with him. Wordlessly, the crab took the seed and planted it, and it immediately grew into a tall tree full of persimmons. Unable to climb, the crab asked the monkey to get the persimmons for him. The monkey climbed up, ate the ripe ones, and threw the unripe persimmons at the crab, bruising his shell. The crab escaped home in pain, and his family was upset to see this and declared war on the monkeys. However, the monkeys were strong, and the crabs had to retreat and held a council of war attended by a rice-mortar, pounder, bee, and an egg. They planned their vengeance, and requested peace to invite the king of the monkeys into their home. He came unsuspectingly, and when he sat down to stir the fire, the egg hidden in the ash exploded, burning his arm. Panicked, the king put his arm into a pickle tub for relief, but the bee was hiding in wait. He stung the monkey, who cried and ran until where he got caught in seaweed. He stumbled into a shelf, causing the mortar to fall on his back, hurting him so badly he couldn't get up. The crabs then flocked to him, and with their pinchers they all pinched him into pieces.

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