Other editions of book Clip the Crab

Clip the Crab can't understand why his best friend, Hermy the Hermit, is suddenly being so mean to him. Sometimes, everyone just needs a little space.Hermy vents his frustration onto Clip because his shell is too small for him and he's starting to feel uncomfortable. After Clip walks off, Hermy has some time to calm down and begins to miss his friend, he calls out to apologise and explains why he was mean.The moral behind this story is that even it if seems like someone is mad at you, it doesn't mean that you did anything wrong. Sometimes they're just going though something and they need a little time, space and understanding before they're ready to talk about it.

Clip the Crab can't understand why his best friend, Hermy the Hermit, is suddenly being so mean to him. Sometimes, everyone just needs a little space. Clip the Crab lives on a beach with his best friend, Hermy the Hermit. One day Clip asks if he can play too when Hermy gets mad at him for what seems like no reason. After an argument, Clip scuttles off and stumbles across a large shell that is Hermy's favourite colour. But knowing that his friend was angry at him, Clip waits until Hermy has his afternoon nap then quietly places the bigger shell next to him as a surprise when he wakes up. Hermy takes off his old small shell and climbs into the new one and he realises how guilty he feels venting his anger on to his friend, he sets out to apologise.