Escaping before enemy can strike

Motif

Escaping before enemy can strike.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Avoidance of others' power. · view the constellation · filed as J641

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Filed under Avoidance of others' power.

1 finer motif beneath it

One bird escapes as hunter bends his bow; other remains and is shot. (Told also of fish.)

Filed beside it

Foolishness of surrendering weapons Care against future tyranny Avoiding places which have been fatal to others Avoiding power of future enemy Disregard advice of your enemy Avoiding enemy's revenge Care against future imprisonment Inattention to danger Inattention to warnings Approaching danger too familiarly Avoiding things which are harmful by nature Care in selecting the creature to carry one

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