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J2356 Fool's talking causes himself and companions to be robbed. Thieves stumble over him as he lies on the ground. "What is this, a log?" The fool: "Does a log have five annas in its pocket?" When they have robbed him he says, "Ask the merchant in the tree if my money is good." They rob the merchant
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- The Fool and the Robbers · ATU 1341A
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- Boy talks about his secret instructions and brings his father's theft to light. He is to avoid his companions lest they smell what he has been eating · J2355.2 entry
- Fool loses magic objects by talking about them · J2355.1 entry
- Numskull talks about his secret instructions and thus allows himself to be cheated. Told not to serve a man with a red beard or to keep sausage for the long winter, etc · J2355 entry
- Foolish boasts get man into trouble. Man boasts to boss that his brother can do twice the work he does. The boss hires him. The two brothers tell him their father can do as much work in a day as the boys can do in a week. The boss fires them, tells them to send their father to work for him. (Cf. H915, H916, N455.4.) · J2353.1 entry
- Tortoise speaks and loses his hold on the stick. He is being carried through the air by a bird · J2357 entry
- Young heir too frank in celebrating his father's death. He says to the mourners, "When your fathers die, I too will come and lament their departure." They brand him as a fool · J2358 entry
- Talkative animals incense master. He gives them twice-threshed straw to eat as punishment · J2362 entry
- Numskull amuses with his discursive nonsense · J2363 entry