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- Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean. B846
- Wicked man constructs tower neither too large nor too high. (Santa Barbara.) C771.1.1
- Other automatic constructions. D1620.3
- Magic carpenter constructs bed and stool that can become big or small, luxurious or otherwise. D1620.3.2
- Carpenter constructs house of sandalwood which will go wherever owner commands. F675.3
- Skillful carpenter constructs large palace overnight. F675.4
- Suitor test: constructing automatic peacock. H326.1.1
- Task: construction from impossible kind of material. H1021
- Task: construction from impossible amount of material. H1022
- King ridiculed for inventing trifle of musical instrument but praised for constructing a great mosque. J372
- Literal misconstruction of order. Hero gets revenge. J2516.0.1
- Gullible king gives large sums to minister for construction of imaginary weapon and then more to have it destroyed. K499.7
- Masons who build mausoleum of princess lose their right hands so they may never again construct so fine a building. (Cf. S165.7, W181.2.) S161.0.1
- Construction of the Cross. V211.4
- Four brothers construct a woman. Whose is she? Z16.1
- Wall in construction collapses. Finally the king finds out that the sea is guilty. (The chain: mason – cement mixer – beautifully singing woman – pearl necklace – jeweller – diver – sea.) Z49.11.1