Death through lack of foresight.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Foolish disregard of personal danger. · view the constellation · filed as J2137
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7 finer motifs beneath it
The louse invites the flea. The flea bites the man and jumps away. The bed is searched and the louse killedDogs of wolf color join the wolves. As soon as they have killed the other dogs the wolves then turn on the wolf-colored dogs which they have persuaded to join themBee rests on water lily which closes over it at night and kills itCrocodile swallows water-snake, which kills himSheep killed by the butcher, who they are persuaded will spare themCamel and ass together captured because of ass's singingKing attempts to visit the spirit world underground and dies in a tunnel
Filed beside it
Numskull injuredNumskull draggedNumskull fallsNumskull makes himself sick (uncomfortable)Numskull starves himselfNumskull brings about his own captureFoolish interference in quarrel of the strong fatal to the weakDisastrous jump to retrieve lost object[First Edition: J2159. Foolish disregard of personal danger – miscellaneous.]