Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales
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233A. Birds Escape by Shamming Death
Birds, caught in a fowler's net, follow the advice of an old bird and sham death. After the fowler has thrown them out on the ground, they fly away.
233B. The Birds Fly Off with the Net
Birds, caught in a fawler's net, all work together and fly off with the net. They fly to a mouse (rat) who gnaws the net asunder.
233C. The Swallow and the Hemp-seeds
Swallow in vain urges other birds to eat seeds as fast as it is sowed. Ridiculed, he builds nest among the dwellings of men. Later birds are caught in nets made from the hemp.
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