The constellation
J1875 Objects ascribed human feelings
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- Kernel tries to escape death. A fool eats nuts. A kernel slips from him. The fool: "Everything tries to escape from death." · J1875.1 entry
- Complaint of the porridge pot. The woman thinks the boiling pot is complaining · J1875.2 entry
- The homesick wave. Numskulls try to take home a wave of the sea in a bamboo rod. At home when it refuses to wave they say that it is homesick for its mother, the sea · J1875.3 entry
- Coin weeps. Numskull thinks money piece covered with perspiration after he has held it for awhile is weeping · J1875.4 entry