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house. No sooner was he well out of it, however, 

 than whisk ! the smaller crab had popped out of his 

 own ugly little shell and into the handsome one 

 that belonged to the other. 



" Wait ! Wait a bit ! " cried the larger crab. 

 " This new shell will not do for me at all. I can't 

 even get into it. I must have my own house back." 



" Must you indeed ! " cried the other, " We'll see 

 about that. I mean to keep it myself since you 



Two Little Crabs 



were dunce enough to leave it," and he looked at 

 the other fiercely with his little pop-eyes, and 

 shrank back into the shell so that only his sharp 

 claws were out. 



Now the larger one was in a bad way indeed. 

 He was too big to get into the shell that he had 

 found or into the one that the smaller crab had left 

 empty. 



