A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain

Motif

A bird in the hand foolishly given away in hope of greater gain.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Present values chosen. · Present values preferred to future. · view the constellation · filed as J321.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Wienert FFC LVI 50 (ET 94), 105, 147 (ST 175, 525)
general Halm Aesop No. 9.

Within the index

Filed under Present possessions preferred to future possibilities.

1 finer motif beneath it

Today's catch of fish traded for prospective larger catch tomorrow

Filed beside it

Little fish in the net kept rather than wait for uncertainty of greater catch Lion leaves sleeping hare to follow the shepherd. Loses both victims Present possessions preferred to future

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