Wolf locked up with the sheep

Motif

Wolf locked up with the sheep.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2172.2.2

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CheremisSebeok-Nyerges.

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Filed under Shepherd shuts up the lion in the yard with the live-stock. He hopes to capture the lion, but loses all his beasts.

Filed beside it

Wolf almost locked up in the stable by the shepherd. The dog: "What good to lock us up from the wolf when he is with us?"

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