The constellation
L332 Mice escape into their holes; weasels cannot follow them
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- Easy escape of weak (small) · L330 entry
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- Little fishes escape from the net. The large are caught · L331 entry
- Easy escape of weak (small) · L330 entry
- Mice win war with woodcutters · L318 entry
- Offended rats gnaw saddle girths of king's horses so that he is defeated in battle · L316 entry
- Hummingbird can see fowler's net; eagle is caught in spite of his boasts of good eyesight · L333 entry
- Mildness triumphs over violence · L350 entry
- Mildness triumphs over violence: queen advises husband to use kindness to enemies. This wins them over where war failed · L350.1 entry
- Saint uses kind words to pagan priest who has just smitten a Christian. This causes pagan to repent. Conversion follows · L350.2 entry