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Motif

Deceptive contest in chopping.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Labor contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K44

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  • general Type 1065*.
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Filed under Labor contest won by deception.

1 finer motif beneath it
Deceptive contest in chopping: iron in bamboo. Hero challenged to cut down bundles of bamboo suspended in air but a strip of iron is treacherously inserted in each
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