Motif
small harmful creature pleading for mercy
small_harmful_creature_pleading_for_mercy
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Predation, Pursuit, and Prey Defenses. 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 GNAT AND THE BULL / THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS / THE SLAVE AND THE LION / THE FLEA AND THE MAN; lines 1576-1590 confidence: high
The flea bites the man repeatedly; the man searches for it, catches it, and holds it between his finger and thumb.
The flea argues that its smallness and limited harm should save it from death after it has repeatedly bitten the man.
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