Lazy servant gets others to perform his duties.
Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – personal. · view the constellation · filed as W111.2.0.1
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Servant to call his master at daybreak: looks into dark closet to see if it is yet light. They sleep till noonServant to close door at night: leaves it open so that he will not have to open it next morning"If it is day, give me food; if it is night, let me sleep." The master has told the servant to go to workBoy to see whether it is raining: calls dog (cat) in and feels of his pawsBoy to see whether there is fire in the house: feels of cat to see if she is warmThe boy eats breakfast, dinner, and supper one immediately after the other; then lies down to sleepLazy boy always says that it is raining. The peasant and the boy sleep during the rain in the hay barn. When the peasant asks, the boy always says that it is still rainingLazy boy says he cannot walkServant tells master to cover his face: no need to put out lamp