Negro tries in vain to be washed white.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Prudence in ambition. · view the constellation · filed as J511.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general Wienert FFC LVI *46 (ET 48), *87 (ST 5)
- general Halm Aesop No. 13
Within the index
Filed under One should not attempt to change his color.
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