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K1020 Deception into disastrous attempt to procure food
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- The tail fisher. The bear is persuaded to fish with his tail through a hole in the ice. When he is attacked and tries to escape, he loses his tail · K1021 entry
- Dupe persuaded to steal food: cannot escape · K1022 entry
- Getting honey from the wasp-nest. The dupe is stung · K1023 entry
- Beginning with the smallest. Animals are to eat one another up to avoid starvation. The fox persuades them to start with the smallest · K1024 entry
- Eating his own entrails. The fox persuades the wolf to do so · K1025 entry
- Dupe imitates trickster's thefts and is caught · K1026 entry
- Dupe made to sit on hot stone · K1032 entry
- Hot porridge in the ogre's throat. He is tricked into burning his throat · K1033 entry
- Dupe persuaded to climb rope for food: rope breaks · K1034 entry
- Stone (hard fruit) thrown into greedy dupe's mouth · K1035 entry
- Trickster pretends to give dupe magic power to produce food. Injures him · K1036 entry
- Dupe injures self on fence of thorns surrounding food-plants · K1038 entry