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The image refers to a wellknown folktale in which a monkey takes advantage of a crab, claiming the seed would grow into a tree that would yield fruit. The persimmons eventually ripen, and the monkey offers to pick them for the crab, only to eat them himself. When the crab protests, the monkey throws an unripe fruit and fatally injures her. 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