Truth the best policy. Servant about to be caught for theft rehearses the lie he is to tell his master. He finds lies so transparent that he decides to tell the truth

Motif

Truth the best policy. Servant about to be caught for theft rehearses the lie he is to tell his master. He finds lies so transparent that he decides to tell the truth.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J751.1

Cited in the index

general Wesselski Märchen 200.

Within the index

Filed under Consider difficulties of course you are about to undertake.

1 finer motif beneath it

Lady answers queen so straightforwardly she gets light punishment

Carried in tale types

Wager on the Faithfulness of the Servant (previously The Faithful Servant) · ATU 889 1 recorded variant

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