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Motif

Short-sightedness in roofing.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2171.2

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Filed under Short-sightedness in carpentry.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Does not need roof when it is fair; cannot put it on when it rains Fool roofs his house on the inside
Filed beside it
Short-sightedness in boat-building Builders throw away beams from the scaffolding until it all falls down The axes thrown away. The first lets his axe fall. The others throw theirs in the same place Bird nest of salt melts away Man on camel has doorway broken down so he can ride in. It does not occur to him to dismount. (Cf. J2199.3.)

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