The constellation
J2685 Buyer draws picture of grindstone on his order list. The grocer sends him a cheese. The buyer has forgotten to draw the hole
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The same sky, in words
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- Bungling fool · J2650 entry
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- Bungling fool has succession of accidents · J2661 entry
- Sent back for the rest of the money. A fool finds a treasure and takes some of it to a judge so as to purchase influence. The judge sends him back for the rest · J2662 entry
- The awkward servant · J2665 entry
- The bungling speaker · J2666 entry
- The fool testifies: "I had been drinking and was lying on the bench asleep. I saw him hit him over the head with an axe but don't know whether he hit him or not." · J2667 entry
- The fool betrays his brothers. They escape but he is captured and stupidly betrays their hiding places · J2668 entry
- The forgetful fool · J2671 entry
- The stolen bedcover. A man hears a noise outside the house at night. He wraps a bed cover about him and goes to investigate. The robbers take the bed cover and flee. The wife asks what the debate was about. "About the bed cover. When they got it, the quarrel was over." · J2672 entry
- Bungling rescuer caught by crab. He tries to rescue woman caught by crab. Is caught himself and found in embarrassing position · J2675 entry