The Cranky Blue Crab

Crusty the Crab exclaims, "I'm bored with this place/ And its limited range./ I think I'll live out/ On the land for a change." Restless and unhappy, he leaves his seaside home under Jaggedy Ledge to look for adventure.

As he travels across Sea Meadow he meets good-natured Fleabus O'Tooley, Beetle Brightknee, and the lovely Flutterby. But he doesn't appreciate their kind patience, even when they help him to survive a scuffle with swarming bees. Finally he nears a dark hedge on the other side of the meadow and runs into trouble with Finefur the Sly. After a narrow escape engineered by his new friends, he realizes that happiness comes more from what you are than from where you live.