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The fool testifies: "I had been drinking and was lying on the bench asleep. I saw him hit him over the head with an axe but don't know whether he hit him or not."

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Bungling fool. · Bungling fool. · view the constellation · filed as J2667

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  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 816.
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Bungling fool has succession of accidents Sent back for the rest of the money. A fool finds a treasure and takes some of it to a judge so as to purchase influence. The judge sends him back for the rest The awkward servant The bungling speaker The fool betrays his brothers. They escape but he is captured and stupidly betrays their hiding places The forgetful fool The stolen bedcover. A man hears a noise outside the house at night. He wraps a bed cover about him and goes to investigate. The robbers take the bed cover and flee. The wife asks what the debate was about. "About the bed cover. When they got it, the quarrel was over." Bungling rescuer caught by crab. He tries to rescue woman caught by crab. Is caught himself and found in embarrassing position Buyer draws picture of grindstone on his order list. The grocer sends him a cheese. The buyer has forgotten to draw the hole

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