The constellation
K345 Sympathetic helper robbed
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- Sympathetic helper sent for remedy and robbed · K345.1 entry
- Thief sent into well by trickster. A weeping boy tells a passing thief that he has lost a silver cup in a well. The thief takes off his clothes and goes after the cup, intending to keep it. He finds nothing. When he comes up, his clothes have been stolen · K345.2 entry
- Dupe left to care for child while his goods are stolen · K345.3 entry
- Antelope sends leopard for fire, eats game while leopard is gone · K345.4 entry