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Trickster sells mother's wine to merchant without asking her permission. Mother saves part of wine because purchaser is dilatory in removing casksObject with a hollow as instrument of cheatsOld man cheats crocodile by playing on its ignorance of agricultureTrickster breaks cat of taste for milk by overheating its milkEmbarrassing gift. Trickster unwilling to pay for burial fee of aged cow, gives cow to unwitting Brahmin as gift. Cow dies soon and Brahmin must payGod cheats birds by giving false description of tamarind fruitGullible king gives large sums to minister for construction of imaginary weapon and then more to have it destroyedTrickster dupes rival by exchanging beds: receives his food. Overhears maiden tell rival she will bring food at night, waits until rival is asleep and carries him to another bed, takes his place, and is fed by maidenTreacherous friend drinks out of other's flask to save the water in his ownFox pretends to go to work, but goes out to sleep
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Double reward successfully claimedFalse claim of rewardMoney (or other things) acquired by blackmailDream bread: the most wonderful dream. Three pilgrims agree that the one who has the most wonderful dream shall eat the last loaf. One eats it and declares that he dreamed that the others were dead and would not need itThe emperor's new clothes. An impostor feigns to make clothes for the emperor and says that they are visible only to those of legitimate birth. The emperor and courtiers are all afraid to admit that they cannot see the clothes. Finally a child seeing the naked emperor reveals the impostureThe heller thrown into others' money. A rascal sees robbers dividing their booty. He puts a red string through his only coin (a heller) and slips it into the others' money. He claims the money as his and says that he has marked it with a heller having a red string through it. The robbers divideContraband gold discovered when king offers large price for goldCheater marks coveted object with his name and later claims it. [Inadvertant duplication of J1162.3.]Unjust umpire as trickster's confederate. (Cf. K455.7.)Unjust umpire misappropriates disputed goodsCheating through knowledge of the lawDeception into giving false creditTrickster takes goods given in charity to his familyEavesdropping sexton duped into giving suppliant money. The trickster prays to the Virgin for a certain sum of money and promises repayment of double at the end of the month. The sexton throws the money to him, but never receives it backOwner bids on his own goods at auction. Rival buyer pays extravagant priceThe substituted porridge. In cooking dinner fox's porridge is light, bear's black. At dinner fox steals spoonful of bear's porridge and lets bear taste it. Bear believes that fox's porridge is as bad as his own

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