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J391 Kind foster-parents chosen rather than cruel parents. (Cf. J325.)
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- Choices: kind strangers, unkind relatives · J390 entry
- King ridiculed for inventing trifle of musical instrument but praised for constructing a great mosque · J372 entry
- Bull refuses to fight goat. Bull being pursued by lion tries to go into cave. Goat refuses to let him in. Bull must go on, for with lion pursuing he has no time to fight goat · J371.1 entry
- No time for minor fights when life is in danger · J371 entry
- Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her · J391.1 entry
- Choice of associates · J400 entry
- Scarcity of real friends · J401 entry
- "A friend is known in need." · J401.0.1 entry