Coyote wears fox's rattle; caught in brush and injured

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Coyote wears fox's rattle; caught in brush and injured.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2136.1

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 306 n 109bb.

Within the index

Filed under Numskull brings about his own capture.

Filed beside it

Trickster gets caught on a fishhook Goat eats in garden and is caught. Fox says, "If your sense were as long as your beard, you would look for exits as well as entrances." Trickster pinched by shellfish (crab) Careless thief caught Animal caught in animal carcass. (Cf. J2131.5.)

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