Motif
injured plant speaks against animal aggressor
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Animal-Fable Households, Enmities, and Speaking Creatures. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG / THE LION AND THE THREE BULLS / THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER / THE GOAT AND THE VINE; lines 2811-2832 confidence: high
A goat wanders in a vineyard and eats the tender shoots of a vine bearing fine bunches of grapes.
The vine, whose shoots are eaten by the goat, directly addresses the goat about the harm done to it.
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