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Filed under Other short-sighted acts.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The shepherd who cried "Wolf!" too often. When the wolf really comes no one believes himShepherd shuts up the lion in the yard with the live-stock. He hopes to capture the lion, but loses all his beasts
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Short-sightedness in dressingShort-sighted use of fireCarrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.)Short-sightedness in rowingCarrying load up hill to roll it down. Fools carry log (millstone) down hill. They realize that they might have rolled it down. They therefore carry it back up hill to roll it downShort-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantagePorridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in anotherThe slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening beforeShort-sightedness in carpentryShort-sighted fool loses his foodFoolish demands before deathShort-sightedness in dealing with childrenFool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is openNo room left for the feast. A peasant on the way to a feast drinks so much ditch-water that he has no room left for the feastBurning up the seal. Numskulls buy a charter from their lord. In celebration they get drunk and use the seal as a candle and forfeit their charterA fleeing fox loses an eye in the briars. Returns the next day and eats it, thinking that it tastes like chicken

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