Doves in net console themselves because they think trapper's tears are from pity for them.
The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by a trifle. · view the constellation · filed as J869.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Spanish Exempla Keller.
Within the index
Filed under Consolation by a trifle – miscellaneous.
Carried in tale types
- The Birds and the Fowler · ATU 233D 1 recorded variant
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