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Motif

Seducer about to seduce mother of child refrains when child wisely remarks that he is sad because his father has left his mother exposed to such dangers.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom learned from children. · view the constellation · filed as J122.1

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Filed under Naïve remark of child: "You forgot to strike mother." A father in habit of beating his wife remarks that he has forgot something. The child says, "I know. You forgot to strike mother."

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