The constellation
J2562 Thankful that the recipe is left. A hawk steals the fool's meat. He is grateful that the recipe remains
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- Fool thanks God that he was not sitting on the ass when it was stolen. *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 230 No. 495 · J2561 entry
- "Don't eat too greedily." Fool starves himself at table. Later hunts food in house and gets into trouble · J2541 entry
- Bureaucrats debate as to who shall put out palace fire: meantime palace burns · J2532 entry
- Letter believed against clear evidence. Fool believes letter apparently reporting his uncle's death, though he has just seen uncle · J2528 entry
- "Thank God they weren't peaches!" A man plans to take peaches as a present to the king. He is persuaded rather to take figs. They are green and the king has them thrown in his face. He is thankful that they weren't peaches · J2563 entry
- "Thank God that camels have no wings." They might fly about and kill people · J2564 entry
- Fool thankful that God has built a palace without columns. Else the stones might fall down and kill us · J2565 entry
- One fewer to pay for. A man carries blind men over a stream at a certain price per head. One falls down and drowns. He comforts the others that there is one fewer to pay for · J2566 entry