• Abused and pampered horses. Hero is ordered by ogre to feed and care for certain horse and to neglect other horse. Hero disobeys and feeds neglected horse. Latter is enchanted prince and helps hero. (Cf. B181.) B316
• Magic porridge-pot keeps cooking. Against command, mother of owner bids pot to cook. It fills house with porridge and will not stop until ordered by mistress. C916.3
• Fairies leave when ordered to fight each other. F381.12
• Rakshasa eats horse, dog, and child. Suspected Ranis ordered for execution. G369.1.4
• Wisdom of hidden old man saves kingdom. In famine all old men are ordered killed. One man hides his father. When all goes wrong in the hands of the young rulers, the old man comes forth, performs assigned tasks, and aids with his wisdom. J151.1
• Wisdom taught by suicidal example. Man is ordered by Senate to make tyrant stop bloodshed. He kills himself and family to satiate tyrant of blood. J173
• Bishop fond of lawsuits is ordered by king to settle them: bishop pleads for a few to be left so that he will have something to live for. J552.2.1
• Drones dispute possession of honey. Ordered to make honey. Dispossessed. J581.4
• Armor ordered thin in front and thick in back, since it would be most needed in flight. J673.1
• After one day of schooling children are ordered by their father to cease associating with the unlearned. J977
• Ninety-nine wise men and one fool ordered to pour milk into a tank all at one time: only the fool obeys. J1149.12
• The short blanket must be patched. Weaver makes blanket shorter than ordered. Weaver ordered to add a piece to the blanket and then to receive full price. J1179.3
• The fools in the city. Man ordered to number the fools in the city replies, "It is easier to number the wise men." J1443
• Two fifteen-year old slaves ordered: fool brings one thirty years old. J2212.1
• Peasants want a living God. An artist, ordered to make a crucifix, asks peasants if they want a living God. They say yes. "If we don't like him we can kill him ourselves." J2495.4
• Jackal ordered to take meat to lion's family takes it to his own. K361.1
• Death evaded by persuading executioner that another victim was ordered. (E.g., boy has been ordered to kill hare. Hare persuades the boy that the father said, "Kill the rooster for the hare.") K511.1
• Men ordered to dance before being killed. Dance figure arranged so as to defeat captors. K551.3.6.3
• Monkey in danger on bridge of crocodiles pretends that the king has ordered them counted. K579.2
• Casual words uttered by dupe used to cheat him of his property. A miser is persuaded by his servant to fast nine days. He calls out on the fifth day "the half" and on the ninth "the whole". She makes people believe that he is making his will and giving everything to her. It is so ordered. K1155

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