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- Where horse got arched neck: arches neck to kick tiger from rear; remains so. A2351.6
- Why cat has arched back. A2356.2.3
- King to avoid possible assassination has queen's quarters searched before he enters. J634.2
- The louse invites the flea. The flea bites the man and jumps away. The bed is searched and the louse killed. J2137.1
- Gram (parched grain) sticks in post; parrot goes to raja, etc., for help. Final formula: at last creeper took pity on birds, and elephant feared creeper, and ocean feared elephant, and fire feared ocean, and stick feared fire, and snake feared stick, and carpenter feared snake; and carpenter split post which gave up the grain to the birds, who went away. Z41.6.1