Ruler interrupts meeting of Senate to amuse his small son. When rebuked for making him a whistle he says: "I would have blown it for him had he asked me to do so."

Motif

Ruler interrupts meeting of Senate to amuse his small son. When rebuked for making him a whistle he says: "I would have blown it for him had he asked me to do so."

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Prudence and Discretion. · Zeal – temperate and intemperate. · view the constellation · filed as J553.2

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Intemperance in work.

Filed beside it

Aesop with the unbent bow. Upbraided when found playing with children, he unstrings a bow and shows how good relaxation is

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