Numskull falls.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2133
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14 finer motifs beneath it
Camel with ass on his back dances. Falls and is killedMonkey jumps over a ravine with his sword girded on. Falls to his deathCat crawls to steeple and tries to fly. FallsNumskull cuts off tree-limb on which he sitsMen hang down in a chain until top man spits on his hands. They all fallWolves climb on top of one another to tree: lowest runs away and all fallIntruding wolf falls down chimney and kills himselfStargazer falls into wellBlind leading blind falls into pitMonkey jumps into water after a butterflyHedgehog and crab jump from boat after turtle. They fall on floating leatherWoman tries to climb rope of excrement and urine. (Cf. H1021.1.)Fool dangling from tree by hands tries to clap them together: fallsFool re-enacts the accident. Falls and injures self and others. (Cf. J2062.)
Filed beside it
Numskull injuredNumskull draggedNumskull makes himself sick (uncomfortable)Numskull starves himselfNumskull brings about his own captureDeath through lack of foresightFoolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weakDisastrous jump to retrieve lost object[First Edition: J2159. Foolish disregard of personal danger – miscellaneous.]