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J52 King observes retaliation among animals: becomes just. Dog breaks fox's foot; man breaks dog's; horse breaks man's leg; horse steps in hole and breaks his
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- Sight of deformed witches causes man to release wife from spinning duty. They tell him that their deformity has come from too much spinning · J51 entry
- Army saved from ambush by observation of birds' movements. Birds fly from part of woods in which ambushed men lie · J53 entry
- Ruler learns lesson from the example of an exiled king. Rewards the exile rather than a successful merchant · J55 entry
- Unscrupulous conduct of business learned from observation of usurer's own practices and used against him · J56 entry
- Hare instructs his sons to use their eyes to advantage · J61 entry
- Observation of dying people for a year takes man's thoughts from lust · J62 entry
- Ducklings take to water from instinct. Bridegroom thus brought to understand bride's expertness in lovemaking · J64 entry
- Birds having learned their possible dangers are forced from nest by mother · J65 entry
- Drops of water make hollow in stone: thus repeated impressions penetrate mind · J67 entry