The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water

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The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Foolish extremes. · Foolish extreme. · view the constellation · filed as J2516.3.2

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general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 227 No. 477.

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Filed under "Do nothing but attend to the horse." The youth obeys the command to such extent that he almost lets his master drown.

Filed beside it

Wife follows written instructions. She is to follow instructions which the husband has written down on a card. He falls into a brook and is about to drown. She goes home to see what his instructions on this point are Command to use only one phrase. King let drown in bath "Only light the fire." Fool allows the house to burn down To tell nothing else than "very good news."

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