The burden of two asses. A king and his son hunting on a hot day put their fur coats on the fool's back. King: "You have an ass's load on you." Fool: "Rather the burdens of two asses." — Mythoi

Motif

The burden of two asses. A king and his son hunting on a hot day put their fur coats on the fool's back. King: "You have an ass's load on you." Fool: "Rather the burdens of two asses."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Rude retorts. · view the constellation · filed as J1352.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 239 No. 527

Within the index

Filed under Person calls another an ass.

Filed beside it

Age is relative. Young rival derides old one for his age. Oldster: "An ass of twenty is older than a man of seventy."

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