Disastrous hesitation.
The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Other short-sighted acts. · view the constellation · filed as J2183
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Filed under Other short-sighted acts.
6 finer motifs beneath it
The dog between the two castles. In castles on opposite hills guards play different tunes during meals. The dog goes toward the music in one castle but when he is about half way up the hill the music begins on the other. He keeps alternating and running up and down until the meals are over and he gets nothing Who shall go first? Train leaves overpolite travelers Bird overcareful about food suitable to its color is killed by eagle Two prisoners use up their hour of grace disputing over road to take home Princess who is too choosy finally marries an idiot Short-sightedness in case of fire
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Short-sightedness in dressing Short-sighted use of fire Carrying the plow horse so as not to tramp up the field. (Cf. J2103.2.) Short-sightedness in rowing Carrying 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 down Short-sighted lover is slow to follow up advantage Porridge eaten in different rooms. The porridge in one, the milk in another The slaughter of the ox. In preparation, the feet are cut off the evening before Short-sightedness in carpentry Short-sightedness in caring for live-stock Short-sighted fool loses his food Foolish demands before death Short-sightedness in dealing with children Fool lets wine run in the cellar. He (she) falls into a study (or chases a dog) while the spigot is open No 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 feast Burning 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 charter
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