Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body

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Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B301.1.1

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Filed under Faithful animal at master's grave dies of hunger.

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Faithful dog helps open mistress' grave – dies on it. [Inadvertant duplication of B301.7.1.]Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse

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