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the stew, and he falls in and drowns. She weeps, and, on learning the reason, bird cuts off its beak, dove cuts off its tail [Z 34], etc. an 1. COAR p. 3 = SCL p. 86 = CST p. 137. as 1. LRAC no 181. 2. LRAC no 180 (Mouse has to get up during the night and cat eats him). oc 1. ECPE no 271. 2. ECPE no 272. 3. ECPE no 274. 4. ECPE no 273 (Mouse has to get up during the night and cat eats him). | |
| *2026. | "I killed my grandmother because she refused to cook a hare. I killed a priest because he said my crime was bad. A friar absolved me to avoid being killed" [Z 58]. oc 1. ECPE no 62. |
| 2030 *A. Ant plants chickpeas; becomes impatient because they do not begin to sprout next day; and asks gardener to remove tree under which she planted them. He refuses. She makes vain appeals until finally butcher threatens to kill ox, ox to drink water, water to put out candle, candle to burn stick, stick to beat cat, cat to eat mouse, queen, king, justice, gardener's wife who persuades her husband to remove the tree. x 1. RMQ II 45—6 note to line 20 = ed. of Rev de Arch. Bib. y Museos 1916 I 474 note to line 3. | |
| *B. | Cock on way to wedding dirties beak by eating; asks mallow to clean beak; but mallow refuses. Cock asks sheep to eat mallow, etc. Finally God sends Death to take away smith. Smith now wants to break knife; knife to kill cow etc., and mallow cleans cock's beak. as 1. LRAC no 177 (Cock falls into ravine and gets dirty). oc 1. ECPE no 275 = ECRC no 9. 2. ECPE no 276. |
| *C. | Mouse eats old couple's cheese. Cat kills mouse for eating cheese. Dog kills cat for eating mouse. Etc. as 1. ECPE no 277. 2. LRAC no 179. |
