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J811.6. Fox with three hundred fables ready to tell against lion conveniently forgets them. Jewish: Neuman.
J814.4. Flattery of the wicked to escape death at his hands: “This is an offering to my lord Esau from his slave Jacob”. Jewish: Neuman.
J814.5. Dissenting minister to king: “Let the king do as seems good in his eyes”. Jewish: Neuman.
J832. Reeds bend before wind (flood). Save themselves while oak is uprooted. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 174; Wienert FFC LVI 73 (ET 387), 107 (ST 190, 243); Halm Aesop No. 179; **E. Grawi Die Fabel vom Baum und dem Schilfrohr in der Weltliteratur (Rostock Diss., 1911). – India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
J871. The fox and the sour grapes. Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour. Wienert FFC LVI 63 (ET 267), 125 (ST 336); Halm Aesop No. 33; Scala Celi 52b No. 292; Jacobs Aesop 207 No. 31; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 30 No. 66a*; Jewish: Neuman.
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