Crow gets to owls pretending crows have cast him out. Having learned secret retreats of owls, he returns to crows and leads them to victory over owls

Motif

Crow gets to owls pretending crows have cast him out. Having learned secret retreats of owls, he returns to crows and leads them to victory over owls.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Hypocrites. · Double dealers. · view the constellation · filed as K2042

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Spanish ExemplaKeller.
general Bødker Exempler 293 No. 52

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