Motif
Mistaken rescue withdrawn after deception is discovered
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A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Exposure, Judgment, and Punishment. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE WEASEL AND THE MAN / THE PLOUGHMAN, THE ASS, AND THE OX / DEMADES AND HIS FABLE / THE MONKEY AND THE DOLPHIN; lines 4496-4514 confidence: high
A Dolphin sees the Monkey, supposes him to be a man, takes him on his back, and swims toward shore.
The Dolphin begins rescuing the Monkey under the mistaken belief that he is a man, then abandons him after detecting hypocrisy.
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