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- Lion rescued from snake: thankful. B374.1
- Fox asking for favor set on by dogs. Thankful to have saved life. J871.1
- Thankful numskull puts money in the anus of sheep which he supposes has helped him. J1851.4
- Thankful that the recipe is left. A hawk steals the fool's meat. He is grateful that the recipe remains. J2562
- "Thank God they weren't peaches!" A man plans to take peaches as a present to the king. He is persuaded rather to take figs. They are green and the king has them thrown in his face. He is thankful that they weren't peaches. J2563
- Fool thankful that God has built a palace without columns. Else the stones might fall down and kill us. J2565
- "Thank Fortune it wasn't a melon." Man contends that melons should not grow on slender vines but on tall trees. He is hit on the nose by a falling nut. Is thankful it wasn't a melon. J2571
- Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness. T251.11
- Beautiful woman married to hideous man: he is thankful, she patient. She says that they have thus both gained paradise. T268