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1950: The three lazy ones

ATU > 1200-1999: ANECDOTES AND JOKES > 1875-1999: Tall Tales > 1950: The three lazy ones

Description

Who is the laziest. Each recounts a proof of his laziness. [W111.1].

Variants

1950A. Help in Idlenes

Second idle worker tells the overseer he is helping the first.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
De drie luiaards	1950	Dutch	M.M. de Vries-Vogel	Germany	1940
Die drei Faulen	1950	German	Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm	Germany	1812
I tre pigri	1950	Italian	_	Germany	_
Ba hoàng tử lười	1950	Vietnamese	_	Germany	_
Den dovneste	1950	Danish	_	Germany	_
Los tres haraganes	1950	Spanish	_	Germany	_
The three sluggards	1950	English	Margaret Hunt	Germany	_
La scienza della fiacca	1950	Italian	Italo Calvino	Italy	1956

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Fimber Village Tales	1950	British			Internet Archive
Science of Laziness	1950	Italian			Internet Archive
Three lazy Ones	1950	British			Internet Archive
Three lazy ones	1950	German			Internet Archive
Twelve Lazy Servants	1950	German			Internet Archive
Who is the Laziest?	1950	Egyptian			Internet Archive