"But by a fine fellow!" Dying toad thus comforts his paramour, the frog, whom he is leaving neither married nor widow nor maiden and pregnant

Motif

"But by a fine fellow!" Dying toad thus comforts his paramour, the frog, whom he is leaving neither married nor widow nor maiden and pregnant.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by a trifle. · view the constellation · filed as J865.1

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Spanish Boggs FFC XC 38 No. 288A*.

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Filed under Consolation by thinking of some good aspect of a situation.

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