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- Cold before theft of fire impedes speech: explanation of difficulty of certain languages. A1616.1
- Animal cries recall ancient adventure. The ancient animal cries out in difficulty. The present animal has the same cry. (Cf. A2426.1.1, A2426.4.1.) A2275.4
- Why cuckoo flies with difficulty, and sings with wings spread. A2442.2.2
- Birds give hero feather to burn if he is in difficulty. B501.4
- Difficulty of thinking of God when occupied with worldly affairs. Shown by test: holy man made to carry milk without spilling. So occupied he forgets to think of God. J94
- Stones shaken in jar: difficulty in learning many dialects. J98
- Squirrel tries to dip out lake with his tail: difficulty of reforming the world. J133.5
- Little men preferred to big men. Preacher prefers small men because the intellect has difficulty in reaching to one's heels. J493
- Cheater is forced to eat excrements. Gentleman agrees to exchange his good horse for the peasant's jade, provided the peasant will eat its excrements. The peasant finds no difficulty in the task, whereas the gentleman, put to the same condition when he wants to get back his horse, finds it impossible. K198