Bear builds house of wood; fox of ice. Fox's house fails him in summer

Motif

Bear builds house of wood; fox of ice. Fox's house fails him in summer.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in provision for live. · Forethought in provision for shelter. · view the constellation · filed as J741.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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Missouri FrenchCarrière.
general *Type 43

Within the index

Filed under Build shelter for the whole year.

Carried in tale types

The Bear Builds a House of Wood; the Fox, of Ice · ATU 431 recorded variant

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