Ape tries to flee with favorite child; neglected child saves himself. The favorite child is killed through the mother's overanxiety

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Ape tries to flee with favorite child; neglected child saves himself. The favorite child is killed through the mother's overanxiety.

Reversal of fortune. · Unpromising hero (heroine). · The unpromising surpasses the promising. · view the constellation · filed as L146.1

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general Wienert FFC LVI 62 (ET 253), 146 (ST 510)
general Halm Aesop No. 366.

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