Hissing of fire thought to be noise of cooking muffins

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Hissing of fire thought to be noise of cooking muffins.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · Physical phenomena misunderstood. · view the constellation · filed as J1812.4

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Other sounds misunderstood.

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Noises fire is making misunderstood. Hunchback springs into it to burn to his death

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Seeds rattling in pods thought to be insults. Numskull burns field Rabbits think sound of waves is great danger to them Fermenting dough: "Woe to you .." The rain drops: "Here he is.." The little bell: "He is hiding here.."Snoring sounds misunderstood. (Cf. J1833.)

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