Beaver and porcupine trick each other. Beaver carries porcupine and abandons him in the center of a lake. Porcupine causes the lake to freeze and escapes. He then carries beaver and abandons him in the top of a tree

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Beaver and porcupine trick each other. Beaver carries porcupine and abandons him in the center of a lake. Porcupine causes the lake to freeze and escapes. He then carries beaver and abandons him in the top of a tree.

Deceptions. · Killing or maiming by deception. · Dupe tricked into killing himself. · view the constellation · filed as K896.1

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Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)