The constellation
J102 Bear learns how to catch crabs with his hairy claws
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- Crow drops pebbles into water jug so as to be able to drink · J101 entry
- Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity · J100 entry
- Father bequeathes four pots to sons: eldest finds earth in his; second, bones; third, rice husks; youngest, rupees (eldest to get land; second, cattle; third, grain; youngest to keep money) · J99.2 entry
- Relative pleasures of sexes in love taught by parable · J99.1 entry
- Wisdom learned from children · J120 entry
- Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age. Man gives his old father half a carpet to keep him warm. Child keeps the other half and tells his father that he is keeping it for him when he grows old · J121 entry
- Ungrateful son reproved by naïve action of his own son: preparing for old age (wooden drinking cup or bowl) · J121.1 entry
- Undutiful son rebuked by father. Father tells son not to drag him past the threshold, because he had dragged his own father only up to that point when he had thought of putting him out of his house · J121.2 entry