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- The Old Dog as Rescuer of the Child (Sheep).

The Old Dog as Rescuer of the Child (Sheep). A farmer plans to kill his faithful old dog because it cannot work anymore. The wolf makes a plan to save the dog: The latter is to rescue the farmer’s child from the wolf. The plan succeeds and the dog’s life is spared. The wolf in return wants to steal the farmer’s sheep. The dog refuses to help and loses the wolf’s friendship [K231.1.3].

K231.1.3

Documented in combination with types 103/104 in Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Aesopic fable in combination with type 100 (Perry 1965, 596f. No. 701).

100, 102, and 103.

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