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Motif

Fox in swollen river claims to be swimming to distant town.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 30 No. 66B*.
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 244), 125 (ST 339)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 30
Within the index

Filed under Consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Jackal covers up his inability to cross stream by saying he is looking for shallowest part 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
Filed beside it
The fox and the sour grapes. Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour Dog driven out of dining room claims to be drunk. Says that he has drunk so much that he does not know how he got out of the house Warrior having lost a city claims that he did not wish to sell it for a higher price Headless king and tailless tiger, each afraid of other, agree to be friends Scorned suitor consoles himself by realization that a wife who did not love him would be constant source of trouble
Carried in tale types

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