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Motifs
- Crow tries to imitate partridge's walk. Only spoils his own. J512.6
- Bridegroom promises thief spoils later if he will not interfere with wedding. J1392.5
- Giant cheated in division of spoils of the chase. K171.0.1
- Hesitation in making up mind spoils lovers' rendezvous. (Cf. J2166.) T35.4
- Learning a trade in bed. Working independently, the lazy fellow spoils the materials received – starts making something big, which at the end turns to nothing. For example, begins with forging a plough: this becomes an axe, the axe a knife, and knife a needle, the needle – nothing. (Cf. J2080.) W111.5.9
- Fox spoils his food rather than divide with ape. W152.1