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[First Edition: W125.1. "I commend my family to your care", says the glutton as he begins eating a dish he has been warned will kill him.]

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – personal. · view the constellation · filed as W125.1[1st ed.]

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  • general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 187 No. 361.
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Filed under Gluttony.

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Greedy animal eats poisoned fruit in spite of warningGluttonous wife eats all the meal while cooking itNew son-in-law given choice of meals eats allPupil eats cakes given as alms for his masterHusband eats wife's share of food as well as his own

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