The drunken officer's stolen mantle. Thief confronted by the officer tells all the circumstances of the drunkenness (with many shameful additions). The officer denies the ownership

Motif

The drunken officer's stolen mantle. Thief confronted by the officer tells all the circumstances of the drunkenness (with many shameful additions). The officer denies the ownership.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · Clever man puts another out of countenance. · view the constellation · filed as J1211.2.1

Cited in the index

general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin I 239 No. 120.

Within the index

Filed under Clever thief may keep booty. He has seen his victim in a disgraceful position and is allowed the booty as a price for his silence.

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