The constellation
J956 Ambitious branch chosen king of trees. Vine and fig tree have refused
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The same sky, in words
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- Presumption of the lowly · J950 entry
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- Lowly masks as great · J951 entry
- Lowly animal tries to move among his superiors. Detected · J952 entry
- Self-deception of the lowly · J953 entry
- Foolish boast of ancestry by lowly · J954 entry
- Lowly tries in vain to be greater than he is · J955 entry
- Presumptuous man before the works of Michelangelo says: "I too am a master" · J957 entry
- Mole pretends that he sees, smells, and hears. His mother tells him to claim no more senses than he has · J958 entry
- Flies try to drink water from elephant's ears. He kills them · J971 entry
- One cock takes glory of another's valor. Victor in cock fight crows over his victory. He is taken off by eagle. A second cock then comes out from hiding and struts about among the hens · J972 entry
- Ass in the potter's shop. (Bull in china shop.) Only breaks the pots · J973 entry