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Each Likes his Own Children Best. The snipe asks the sportsman to spare its small ones, easily recognized as being the prettiest in the forest. To be on the safe side the man shoots only the ugliest he can find. They are the young snipes. (Often told of the ape.) [T681].
DahnhardtII 242ff. - Latvian 5; Lithuanian1; Swedish 1 (Uppsala 1, Goteborg 1, Lund 2, misc. 3); Norwegian 4; Danish 3; Irish 3; German 4; Italian (Sicilian 1); Hungarian 2; Polish 3; India 1. - Literary Treatments: Wienert FFC LVI 77 (ET 426), 146 (ST 509); Herbert Catalogue of Romances III 39ff.