Crow makes friends with pigeon so as to be able to steal food in household to which he belongs

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Crow makes friends with pigeon so as to be able to steal food in household to which he belongs.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K359.4

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Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 557.

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Filed under Means of hoodwinking guardian or owner – miscellaneous.

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Theft by means of magic invisibility Thief beguiles guardian of goods by assuming equivocal name Trickster dupes woman into putting him into basket. He thus learns where food is kept Objects stolen by means of magic impersonation

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