Simpleton's naive answer to robbers makes them think he knows their secret. They share their loot with him — Mythoi

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Simpleton's naive answer to robbers makes them think he knows their secret. They share their loot with him.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L141.2

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Italian Novella Rotunda.

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The stupid monk recovers the stolen flocks. A nobleman steals the abbot's flocks, saying that the monks have no use for them since they eat no meat. The most learned of the monks tries to recover them, but without success. The most stupid is then sent. Asked to dinner, he eats till he can hold no more. He tells the nobleman that he ate as much as possible since he could take back with him only what he had in his stomach. The nobleman pleased with the reply returns the flocks Hero stupid at games but fleet of foot Inept child eventually surpasses others

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