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- Stream unexpectedly bursts from side of mountain. A934.9
- Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly. C12
- Hired man shows in saying grace how better food has resulted from arrival of unexpected guests. Nebraska text: O Lord of Love who art above|Thy blessings have descended:|Biscuits and tea for supper I see|When mush and milk was intended. J1341.12
- When with fools, act foolish. A wise man refuses to join a foolish crowd who stayed out in an unexpected rain after a long drought. He is punished by them for being a fool. J1714.3
- The husband in the chicken house. The husband returns unexpectedly and surprises his wife with her lover. She makes the husband believe he is pursued and hides him in the chicken house. (Cf. K1514.9.) K1514.1
- The feigned wedding-feast. The husband returns unexpectedly to find his wife entertaining the paramour with a sumptuous feast. He is made to believe the feast is in honor of some newly-weds. K1527
- Unexpected death at hands of an animal. N335
- Naked soldier becomes general. Stripped for bathing he takes his place as guard when the king unexpectedly arrives. King invites him to come naked to the castle, where he is chosen as husband by a general's daughter. N684
- Unexpected meeting of father and son. N731
- Father unexpectedly meets abandoned son and reinstates him. N731.3
- Unexpected meeting of husband and wife. N741
- Husband and wife become separated in shipwreck. Wife unexpectedly meets husband on street. They are reunited. N741.2
- Unexpected encounter in oasis. N761
- Person accidentally met unexpectedly knows the other's name. N762
- Unexpected meeting with wild man. (Cf. F567.) N764