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- Aesop with the unbent bow. Upbraided when found playing with children, he unstrings a bow and shows how good relaxation is. J553.1
- Judge not that you be not judged: thus judge upbraided when he is later accused in court and claims mercy. J571.6
- Hare upbraided by sparrow for letting self be carried off by eagle rejoices when sparrow is carried off by hawk. J885.1
- Men not chosen for their ignorance; else he should have reached heaven. Upbraided for not knowing answer to question, man answers that he was chosen for his position because of what he knew, not of what he did not know. J911.1
- They gave it away themselves. A wandering actor rewarded by a city with a coat of their color gambles it away. When upbraided about giving away their present he replies that they hadn't wanted to keep it themselves. J1444
- Holy man has his own mass. (Cf. F1011.1, V29.3.) When upbraided for not coming to mass, he hangs his coat on a sunbeam. V43