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Boy saves life by showing father foolishness of plowing up his crop. Father has been persuaded to kill child.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. · view the constellation · filed as J92

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Three thousand parables of Solomon Minister taught by parable to make obeisance to the new king The dishes of the same flavor. Man thus shown that one woman is like another and dissuaded from his amorous purpose Priest walks in the mud. Congregation follows evil ways of priest. He walks in mud but they will not follow him. He thus shows them the folly of following his evil ways The gray and the black hairs: enemies reconciled. Duke summons two inveterate enemies. Has them tear out one of his hairs, one a gray, the other a black. Both pain him equally. He shows how their quarrels hurt him. They are reconciled Picking up water thrown on ground no harder than the undoing of slander Chair over fiery pit as figure of precariousness of life Rocks falling together and thread entering needle's eye suggest sexual intercourse: hence its beginning Men shamed for their cowardice by woman standing naked before them. (Usually connected with Jus Primae Noctis [T161]) Wisdom taught by parable: cloud which gives rain to thirsting crops or drops it in ocean Monk shames accuser by telling parable. Wind, Water, and Modesty (Sense of Shame). The first two give their addresses but the third says she has no address as no one wants her Difficulty of thinking of God when occupied with worldly affairs. Shown by test: holy man made to carry milk without spilling. So occupied he forgets to think of God Fool digs holes in edge of road. Only those departing from straight path will fall in. Truth of principle later seen Man kills nest of ants: so God punishes man. (Cf. J225.0.4.) Lotus flower flourishes as long as it is in water: king should not leave castle Stones shaken in jar: difficulty in learning many dialects

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