The Monkey and the Crab (1972)
- Genre
- Fantasy
How it feels
This is an adaptation of an old Japanese folk tale about a crab and a monkey. The monkey tricks the crab out of a rice ball but later the crab's hard work with an apricot seed leads to a confrontation. The story shows what happens when one character is selfish and the other seeks fairness.
fairy-taleretromoralisticslow-pacedwhimsicalfolkloricclassicinnocentdidactic
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