μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Clever jackal covers up his clumsiness in catching cows by saying he was running to and fro because he was looking for the fattest calf.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Consolation in misfortune. · Consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have. · view the constellation · filed as J873.2

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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town.

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Jackal covers up his inability to cross stream by saying he is looking for shallowest part

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