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- Thief sent into well by trickster. A weeping boy tells a passing thief that he has lost a silver cup in a well. The thief takes off his clothes and goes after the cup, intending to keep it. He finds nothing. When he comes up, his clothes have been stolen. K345.2
- Husband intending to push wife down mountain is pushed over by her. K1641.1
- Wounded king exacts fine from those intending to slay him. Q211.8.1
- Earth swallows man intending treachery. (Cf. Q261.1.) Q552.2.3.4