The constellation
A2233 Animal characteristics: punishment for laziness
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- Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished · A2233.1 entry
- Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.) · A2233.2 entry
- Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) · A2233.3 entry
- Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) · A2233.4 entry