The constellation
J512 Animal should not try to change his nature
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The same sky, in words
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- Prudence in ambition · J510 entry
beneath it
- Crab comes ashore: killed by fox · J512.1 entry
- Kite tries to neigh like a horse. Loses his voice and gains nothing · J512.2 entry
- Camel tries in vain to dance · J512.3 entry
- Ass tries in vain to play lyre · J512.4 entry
- Wolf tries in vain to be doctor. Only increases patient's suffering · J512.5 entry
- Crow tries to imitate partridge's walk. Only spoils his own · J512.6 entry
- Mouse, bird, and sausage keep house together. When they exchange duties all goes wrong · J512.7 entry
- Ass tries to get a cricket's voice. Asks crickets what they eat to get such a voice. They answer, "dew." He tries it and starves · J512.8 entry
- Lizard tries to make himself as long as snake. Kills himself · J512.9 entry
- Fox tries to mask as dove, but loses all thoughts of murder · J512.10 entry
- Camel and jackal exchange food: camel is led by his good friend to thorny fruit and thorn sticks in his throat · J512.11 entry
- Frog wants to be shod like a horse · J512.12 entry
- Jackal accidentally made king but joins other jackals in howling at night. Killed · J512.13 entry
- Snake wants to act as pet like parrot: killed · J512.14 entry
- Frogs want to collect honey like bees · J512.15 entry