Keb Needs a Home

Keb Needs a Home

Keb Needs a Home

The life of a hermit crab isn't so bad.They live near the seashore, and they bask in the warm sun.They bathe in the salty sea, and they play in the surf.

The views are great, too.Sunrises and sunsets can be pretty spectacular.And you can't beat the night sky with all its twinkling stars.

But for one hermit crab, life was not so great.You see, Keb was a hermit crab of spectacular proportions.

You might think that being the biggest crab on the seashore had its advantages.However, for Keb, the advantages were few and far between.

One of the biggest problems with being big was just that - being big.Being big made it easy for hungry gulls to spot Keb as they hung like kites in the stiff sea breeze.

But there was a bigger problem.Keb could not find a home that was big enough for him.Hermit crabs live in the discarded shells of snails.As a crab grows, it moves out of one shell and into a bigger one.

The trouble is that most snails are not very big.Now, that is not a huge problem for most normal-sized crabs,but for Keb it was a problem of great enormity.

Keb walked sideways up and down the shore.He searched and searched for a shell big enough to use as his home.

He waited and waited, hoping that soon one day a large shell would wash up on shore.

While he waited to find a proper home,Keb lived in a large hole in a rock.Now, the hole was a fine home for most animals, but it was not a proper home for a hermit crab.Whenever Keb wanted to go out, he felt naked.

The other hermit crabs made fun of him,and the gulls swooped down to try to make him their dinner.Keb always managed to escape the gulls,but the teasing from other crabs hurt to the core of his feelings.

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