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- Climb down as you climb up. A peasant falls out of a tree. A neighbor advises him not to climb trees. Another suggests that he always climb down a tree with the same skill and rapidity that he climbed up. J2244
- The fox suggests eating his own brains. The wolf, wanting to get brains, strikes his head against a tree. K1025.1
- Wager: more doctors than men of other professions. The trickster feigns toothache. Everyone suggests remedies. He takes down their names as doctors and wins the wager. N63