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Filed under Thief escapes detection.

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Thief cannot remember whom he delivered the goods to. Though he has eaten the food trusted to him, he claims to have delivered it, but cannot remember the person who opened the doorThief avoids detection by disguising as a womanUmpire awards his own stolen coat to thiefStolen bacon offered to the owner. Making off with bacon, thief accidentally enters farmer's living-room. Boldly says: "Master, the devil from hell sends you bacon." The farmer: "Take yourself off to hell with the bacon."Thief paints horse black on one side and leaves other side white. Hoodwinked guardians make conflicting report of theftHusks replaced in granary so theft of grain is unnoticedGoldsmith as thief in king's treasury. Makes golden human figure and says it is a corpse. Gets by guardsThieves escape detection by carrying woman on bier and drowning her outcries with wailingBlame for theft fastened on inanimate objectsBlame for theft fastened on fairies
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Blame for theft fastened on dupeThe lamb without a heart. Accused of eating the lamb's heart, the thief maintains that it had no heartThief claims to have been transformed into an ass. While the owner sleeps the thief steals his horse, hitches himself to the wagon, and claims that he is the horse transformed into a manThief escapes by leaving animal's severed tail and claiming that the animal has escaped and left his tailThief successfully claims that stolen goods are his ownStolen animal disguised as person so that thief may escape detectionSevered limb prevents detectionThe stolen cow successively pawned. In one night a thief pawns a cow four times, always stealing it immediately and finally delivering it back to its ownerThief presents alibi. Plays all night for dance while confederate commits actual theftDetection of theft of bull escaped by putting boots on bullThieves stretch chain across road and evade pursuersQuartered thief's body sewed together to escape detectionMarked culprit marks everyone else and escapes detectionRepentant thief pretends to have found stolen cow. Upbraids owner for not guarding her betterThief swallows stolen goods to escape detectionThe owner is duped by thief who gives him the task of solving a riddle about the theft just accomplished

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