The constellation
N255 Escape from one misfortune into worse
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The same sky, in words
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- Persistent bad luck · N250 entry
beneath it
- Stag escapes from hunters to be eaten by lion · N255.1 entry
- Ass gets progressively worse masters. Finally the farmer beats him living and will not spare his hide when he is dead · N255.2 entry
- Halcyon builds nest on sea-cliff to escape land hazards. Tempest blows nest away · N255.3 entry
- Fugitive slave takes refuge in mill house, where he must work harder than ever · N255.4 entry
- Daw fleeing from captivity caught in trees by thread around foot. Starves · N255.5 entry
- Old man burns self with gunpowder, and then burns himself worse when he pours hot water over his body · N255.6 entry