The homesick wave. Numskulls try to take home a wave of the sea in a bamboo rod. At home when it refuses to wave they say that it is homesick for its mother, the sea

Motif

The homesick wave. Numskulls try to take home a wave of the sea in a bamboo rod. At home when it refuses to wave they say that it is homesick for its mother, the sea.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Absurd sympathy for animals or objects. · view the constellation · filed as J1875.3

Filed across the traditions

Indonesia DeVries's list No. 252.

Within the index

Filed under Objects ascribed human feelings.

Filed beside it

Kernel tries to escape death. A fool eats nuts. A kernel slips from him. The fool: "Everything tries to escape from death." Complaint of the porridge pot. The woman thinks the boiling pot is complaining Coin weeps. Numskull thinks money piece covered with perspiration after he has held it for awhile is weeping

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