The constellation
J1396 Removing chance for worry. A king noticing that a student has stolen a capon, asks, "Does not the Bible say that you should not worry about tomorrow?" "Exactly. I was trying to remove all chance of worry tomorrow."
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The same sky, in words
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- Retorts concerning thefts · J1390 entry
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- Thief makes a lame excuse · J1391 entry
- Owner assists thief · J1392 entry
- The double fool. A numskull caught changing meal from others' sacks into his own. Miller asks him what he is doing. "I am a fool." "Why then don't you put your meal into their sacks?" "I am only a simple fool. If I did that I should be a double fool." · J1393 entry
- Thieves' nocturnal habits · J1394 entry
- Was going to give it to him any way. Thus a hunter answers a thief who steals his hare · J1395 entry
- The cost price recovered. A man takes a shirt to market for a friend who has stolen it. At market it is stolen from the seller. He tells his friend that the market was bad and that he was able to get back only the cost price (nothing) · J1397 entry
- Compliments from the hangman. A man complimented a hangman on the good job he had done in hanging a thief. The hangman takes off his hat: "One thief I hang, to the other I take off my hat." · J1398 entry
- Retorts concerning thefts – miscellaneous · J1399 entry