One basket of wit better than twelve carloads of it. Female jackal saves herself and husband by quick thinking. (Cf. K622.1.) — Mythoi

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One basket of wit better than twelve carloads of it. Female jackal saves herself and husband by quick thinking. (Cf. K622.1.)

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · Miscellaneous clever acts. · view the constellation · filed as J1662.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under The cat's only trick. She saves herself on a tree. The fox, who knows a hundred tricks, is captured.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Escape by pretended debate as to which must be judged. Jackals thus induce leopard to permit them to enter their cave, while he waits in vain

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