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- Birds seeking richer lands are nearly all killed. Survivors advise their friends to let well enough alone. J513.1
- Flea and fever exchange night-lodgings. Flea had attacked abbess and been chased all night; fever, a washerwoman who nearly froze it to death by going to the river and washing clothes. They exchange and succeed. J612.1
- Fool waits for God to provide. Nearly starves. J2215.4
- Deceptive game: fox wants to be frightened; titmouse whistles for dogs and the fox is nearly caught. K869.1
- Exposure of child in boat (floating chest). See references for S141, nearly all of which refer to this motif. S331
- Child born full (nearly) grown. T585.1
- What will happen when there are so many lawyers. Woman sees the crowds of students in the law school. She knows that the one lawyer in her village has ruined nearly everyone. X311