The constellation
J2212 Effects of age and size absurdly applied
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- Two fifteen-year old slaves ordered: fool brings one thirty years old · J2212.1 entry
- Burial in old grave to deceive angel. Fool thinks that the angel who comes to question him will pass him by since he has apparently been dead a long time · J2212.2 entry
- Wooden anchor would hold if it were only large, thinks the fool · J2212.3 entry
- The reef is old, the ship new. They think the vessel will endure the shocks better than the reef · J2212.4 entry
- Swift when only a calf. A numskull who rides an ox to a tournament is ridiculed. He says, "He is swifter than a horse. You should have seen him run when he was only a calf." · J2212.5 entry
- The Zodiac grows up: the Kid becomes the Goat. A fool who was born under the sign of the Kid declares that he was born under the Goat. "Hasn't it had time in these fifty years to become a goat?" · J2212.6 entry
- Boat expected to grow into ship · J2212.7 entry
- Peasant no longer wants a horse since the new born foal is so heavy to carry · J2212.8 entry
- Our children know local road; odd that grown stranger does not · J2212.9 entry