Frog-woman betrays self by croaking

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Frog-woman betrays self by croaking.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Absurd disregard or ignorance of animal's nature or habits. · view the constellation · filed as J1908.3

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general Africa (Nama): Des Schwartzen Menschen Märchenweisheit (Stuttgart, 1929) 140f. No. 27.

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Filed under Absurd attempt to change animal nature.

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The cat and the candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse Cat transformed to maiden runs after mouse

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