Snake gives away magic pills later used to kill him

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Snake gives away magic pills later used to kill him.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Forethought in prevention of others's plans. · view the constellation · filed as J621.1.1

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under The swallow and the hemp-seeds. Swallow in vain urges other birds to eat seed as fast as it is sowed. Ridiculed, he builds his nest among the dwellings of men. Later, birds are caught in nets made from the hemp.

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