The constellation
J753 Remove obstacles from path
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- Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up · J752.1 entry
- In planning future, profit by the past · J752 entry
- Lady answers queen so straightforwardly she gets light punishment · J751.1.1 entry
- Truth the best policy. Servant about to be caught for theft rehearses the lie he is to tell his master. He finds lies so transparent that he decides to tell the truth · J751.1 entry
- The only person in the bath. Servant reports to master that there is but one person in the public bath Master finds three hundred. Only one person had removed stone from his path; rest had stubbed toes. He was only one worthy of the name of man · J753.1 entry
- All aspects of a plan must be foreseen · J755 entry
- The forgotten wind. Man allowed to manage the weather forgets to ask help of the wind. All goes wrong and he must give up management · J755.1 entry
- Advice after the event valueless · J756 entry