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- Horse allowed to go as it pleases, finds unknown person. B151.1.1.0.3
- Wisdom from old man: always say, "if it pleases God." J151.4
- Clever person's defeat pleases inferior. J885
- Saint (hero) drives chariot over person who displeases him. Q227.3
- Little ant finds a penny, buys new clothes with it, and sits in her doorway. Various animals pass by and propose marriage. She asks what they do at night. Each one replies with its characteristic sound, and none pleases her but the quiet little mouse, whom she marries. She leaves him to tend the stew, and he falls in and drowns. She weeps and, on learning the reason, bird cuts off its beak, dove cuts off its tail, etc. Z32.3