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Filed under Trickster escapes without paying.

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Bird has new clothes made: flies away without payingDrinkers argue about who is to pay. They blindfold the bartender who is to catch one of them; the one who is caught will have to pay. While the bartender is blindfolded, the drinkers leave the tavernBoots made by two cobblers. Trickster sends one of each pair back to be stretched, leaves town with pair of boots made up of the remaining bootsMan orders a bottle of beer, then returns it and takes a loaf of bread instead. He refuses to pay for the bread because he has returned the beer undrunk. He refuses to pay for the beer because he has not drunk itJackal refuses payment for being carriedHealer to take payment in satisfaction at patient's recoveryWoman promises marriage for pair of earrings: she escapes with them

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