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Seeds rattling in pods thought to be insults. Numskull burns fieldRabbits think sound of waves is great danger to themFermenting dough: "Woe to you .." The rain drops: "Here he is.." The little bell: "He is hiding here.."Hissing of fire thought to be noise of cooking muffinsSnoring sounds misunderstood. (Cf. J1833.)
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Animal cries misunderstoodCooking processes misunderstoodNumskull stays till he has finished. As he is making water he hears a brook flowing and mistakes what it is. He waits for a day and a halfDid the calf eat the man? A fool, liking the shoes on the feet of a man hanged on a gallows, cuts off the swollen feet in order to carry off the shoes. In the room in which he sleeps that night is a newborn calf. The next morning the man takes the shoes but leaves the feet. Peasants agree that the calf has eaten the man all but the feet. They burn the house to destroy the calfFool thinks gold is being destroyed when snails crawl over itFool thinks belly is speaking to him; stabs himself. Other animals are shouting at himAnimal's action misunderstoodPhysical phenomena misunderstood – miscellaneous
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