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lay spread open like a rat-trap. He had 

 brought a large pebble, and now dropped 

 it neatly into the open Clam, close up 

 to the hinge. In vain then the power- 

 ful muscles tried to close the shell. The 

 Crab found ample room to insert one 

 pincer, and when last seen he was com- 

 fortably seated, one arm around the help- 

 less Clam, and with the other pulling out 

 its delicious fatness bit by bit, and cram- 

 ming it into his mouth. 



Moral : Mother does not know it alt. 



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