This was going to be difficult. Every time Heracles sliced or clubbed a head, two more sprang up in its place. To make matters worse, the crab was now jumping up out of the water and making a frenzied attack. Its giant pincers came at him again and again, trying to slice him open and gut him. Leaping to one side, Heracles brought his club down with all his might and shattered the shell into thousands of fragments. The squelched creature inside reared its slimy body in the air, quivered, and fell back dead. Hera placed her favorite crustacean in the stars where it shines today as the
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