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Half price for half a shave. A man asks to be shaved at half price. The barber shaves one side. He must pay the other half for the rest of the shaveStingy man rebuked when his children are feasted in his absence. They think he has been responsible and honor him. He reforms
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A rule must work both waysImpossible demand rebukedHealed with his own medicineYou lead and I will follow: hard command thus evadedRogues exchange objects and cheat each otherThieves deceived by prearranged conversation which they overhear. (Cf. K420.)Swindler's plans foiledPoor girl outwits prince in fright-contest. He frightens her and later mocks her with her words of fright. She plays the same trick on himSoldier's practical retort to officerDream answered by dream. Priests misinterpret raja's dream and get his horses. Trickster advises raja to announce dream demanding cauterization of the priests. They return horses

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