Demi and his aunt ran to the rescue , and found Teddy dancing excitedly in a chair , while two little crabs were scuttling about the floor , having got through the wires of the cage . A third was clinging to the top of the cage , evidently in terror of his life , for below appeared a sad yet funny sight . The big crab had wedged himself into the little recess where Polly 's cup used to stand , and there he sat eating one of his relations in the coolest way . All the claws of the poor victim were pulled off , and he was turned upside down , his upper shell held in one claw close under the mouth of the big crab like a dish , while he leisurely ate out of it with the other claw , pausing now and then to turn his queer bulging eyes from side to side , and to put out a slender tongue and lick them in a way that made the children scream with laughter . Mrs. Jo carried the cage in for Dan to see the sight , while Demi caught and confined the wanderers under an inverted wash-bowl . `` I 'll have to let these fellers go , for I ca n't keep 'em in the house , '' said Dan , with evident regret . `` I 'll take care of them for you , if you will tell me how , and they can live in my turtle-tank just as well as not , '' said Demi , who found them more interesting even that his beloved slow turtles . So Dan gave him directions about the wants and habits of the crabs , and Demi bore them away to introduce them to their new home and neighbors . `` What a good boy he is ! '' said Dan , carefully settling the first butterfly , and remembering that Demi had given up his walk to bring it to him . `` He ought to be , for a great deal has been done to make him so . '' `` He 's had folks to tell him things , and to help him ; I have n't , '' said Dan , with a sigh , thinking of his neglected childhood , a thing he seldom did , and feeling as if he had not had fair play somehow . `` I know it , dear , and for that reason I do n't expect as much from you as from Demi , though he is younger ; you shall have all the help that we can give you now , and I hope to teach you how to help yourself in the best way . Have you forgotten what Father Bhaer told you when you were here before , about wanting to be good , and asking God to help you ? '' `` No , ma'am , '' very low . `` Do you try that way still ? '' `` No , ma'am , '' lower still . `` Will you do it every night to please me ? '' `` Yes , ma'am , '' very soberly . `` I shall depend on it , and I think I shall know if you are faithful to your promise , for these things always show to people who believe in them , though not a word is said .
Now here is a pleasant story about a boy who hurt his foot worse than you did yours ; read it , and XXXXX how bravely he bore his troubles . ''
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