Hen complains that man eats her, but she eats ant — Mythoi

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Hen complains that man eats her, but she eats ant.

The nature of life. · Life's inequalities. · Justice and injustice. · view the constellation · filed as U21.1

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Indonesia DeVries's list No. 101.

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Filed under Justice depends on the point of view.

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A gift of property silences criticism. A priest who has preached against lucrative places given the clergy is silent when he receives one Man complains of injustice of gods' wrecking ship because of one man's sin. He then kills whole swarm of ants because one has stung him Wolf objects to lion stealing sheep from him although he has himself stolen it Judge reduces penalty when accused is his own son. [Inadvertant duplication of J1197.]

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