Toad having found money daydreams and is run over

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Toad having found money daydreams and is run over.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Absurd plans. · view the constellation · filed as J2061.4

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Air-castle shattered by lack of forethought.

Filed beside it

Air-castle: the jar of honey to be sold. In his excitement he breaks the jar Air-castle: pail of milk to be sold. Proud milkmaid tosses her head (or kicks the pail in her sleep) and spills the milk Air-castle: to sell hide of sleeping deer. In his excitement he wakes the deer, who runs off

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