Motif
Captive animal bargains for release
captive_animal_bargains_for_release
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE SHEPHERD'S BOY AND THE WOLF / THE FOX AND THE GOAT / THE FISHERMAN AND THE SPRAT / THE BOASTING TRAVELLER; lines 1733-1757 confidence: high
A fisherman casts a net into the sea and draws up nothing but a single sprat.
The caught sprat speaks to the fisherman, asks to be put back into the water, and argues for future benefit if released now.
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