The constellation
J1662 The cat's only trick. She saves herself on a tree. The fox, who knows a hundred tricks, is captured
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- The Cat's Only Trick · ATU 105
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- Person describes approaching bands of warriors without recognizing them. Another (interlocutor) identifies them · J1661.3 entry
- Clever deductions by eating, smelling, drinking, etc · J1661.2 entry
- Clever deduction of wise man: the theft of a cauldron detected. Cauldron has been buried in river. Thief has no taste of salt on his body: he must have been immersed in fresh water recently · J1661.1.10 entry
- Banker able to recognize honest merchant by a single hair of his mustache · J1661.1.9 entry
- One basket of wit better than twelve carloads of it. Female jackal saves herself and husband by quick thinking. (Cf. K622.1.) · J1662.1 entry
- Clever solution of debated question · J1664 entry
- Which is coldest season? Rainy season or winter (debate between animals). Solution by man as umpire: neither as cold as windy season · J1664.1 entry
- The inventive coachman. Makes the horses run by binding a bundle of hay to the shaft · J1671 entry