Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her

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Lamb chooses her foster-mother, the she-goat. Owes more to her than to her own mother, who has deserted her.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choices: kind strangers, unkind relatives. · view the constellation · filed as J391.1

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general Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 259), 145 (ST 507).

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Filed under Kind foster-parents chosen rather than cruel parents. (Cf. J325.)

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