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Japanese Fairy Book.

He then approached the charcoal fireplace and began to pour out some hot water from the kettle boiling there, when It was your Father's fault, not Mine, gasped the unrepentant Monkey
"It was your Father's fault, not Mine," gasped the unrepentant Monkey.
something burst out from the ashes with a great pop and hit the monkey right in the neck. It was the chestnut, one of the crab's friends, who had hidden himself in the fireplace. The