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Motif

Deductions from observation.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · view the constellation · filed as J1661.1

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Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew Deduction: the king is a bastard. After dinner the king begins to dance. He is therefore called illegitimate. His mother acknowledges an intrigue with a dancer Deduction: bread made by a sick woman. It falls apart; therefore it was kneaded by a weak person Deduction: mare has she-buffalo as mother. Told by shape of hoofs Deduction: horse has been brought up on ass's milk. Has drooping ears Deduction: insect inside precious stone. The jewel is warm Deduction: prince plays with children because he has been denied a normal youth Deduction: one-eyed, long-bearded thief is named Kale Khan Banker able to recognize honest merchant by a single hair of his mustache Clever deduction of wise man: the theft of a cauldron detected. Cauldron has been buried in river. Thief has no taste of salt on his body: he must have been immersed in fresh water recently
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Clever deductions by eating, smelling, drinking, etc Person describes approaching bands of warriors without recognizing them. Another (interlocutor) identifies them
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