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Harvesting contest.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Labor contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K42

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Filed under Labor contest won by deception.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Contest: harvesting the hay. The man calls out, "The wolves are coming!" The ogre is intimidated Threshing contest Mowing contest won by trickery. The man takes the center of the field. The ogre is given a dull sickle and mows around the outside of the field
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Plowing contest Deceptive contest in chopping Tree-pulling contest Sewing contest won by deception Contest in bridge-building won by deception
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Farmer has devil aid in reaping contest, loses his shadow when devil attempts to take hindmost. (Cf. K42.)

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