Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up

Motif

Frogs decide not to jump into the well. Their spring having dried up, they consider jumping into a well. They decide that the well may also dry up.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · Forethought – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J752.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Italian NovellaRotunda (J742).
general Wienert FFC LVI 59 (ET 202), 108 (ST 201)
general Halm Aesop No. 74

Within the index

Filed under In planning future, profit by the past.

Carried in tale types

Frogs Decide Not to Jump into the Well · ATU 278A*1 recorded variant

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