One day, the crab found a rice ball and the monkey found a persimmon seed. The monkey thought that the rice ball that could be eaten immediately was better, so he deceived the crab and exchanged the persimmon seeds for the crab's rice ball, and then wolfed down the rice ball immediately.
The crab planted the persimmons in his yard and sang to it: "Persimmons, persimmons sprout quickly, or I will dig you up." The persimmons sprouted. The crab sang: "Persimmon, persimmon, grow up quickly, or I will pinch you."
In this way, the persimmons bear many, many fruits. At this time, the monkey felt jealous, so he climbed up the persimmon tree and ate the ripe red persimmons himself. He also used raw green persimmons to hit the crabs, cracking the crab's carapace. The crab whined with its cracked carapace. Chestnuts, bees, dung, and wooden mortars all helped the crab. They went to the monkey's house to take revenge.
When the monkey was not at home, the fruit was hidden in the ashes, the bees flew into the water bottle, the cow dung was lying at the door of the house, and the wooden mortar was hidden on the door, waiting for the monkey to come back. As soon as the monkey came home and lit the fire, the chestnuts exploded and injured the monkey's eyes. When the monkey was looking for a water bottle to wash his eyes, he was stung by a bee. When he wanted to escape, he stepped on cow dung and fell. Then the wooden mortar jumped down and crushed the monkey to death.
("The Definitive Edition of Japanese Folklore Records" compiled by the Japan Folklore Association)