Beschrijving
The Weighed Cat. A man brings some meat home, but his wife eats it secretly. When he asks what happened to it, she says that the cat ate it. The husband weighs the cat and, finding that it weighs the same as the meat he had bought, says, “Here is the meat, but where is the cat?” [J1611].
Motief
J1611
Commentaar
Fundamental idea see al-hiz, The Misers, Persian adaptations from the 13th century, European adaptations from the 17th century.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1373
Subgenre
mop