M109C. The tail is imperceptibly tied. 11.12.23.

The character is quietly tied to the tail and tries to escape (successfully or unsuccessfully). Cf. Motive M109.

Luba, Ndau, Tsonga, Ewe, Sinhales.

Bantu-speaking Africa. Luba [the hare tells the lion that he is wearing a louse; the lion is furious, but tells the hare to remove the louse; he pretends to clean the lion's hair, digs a hole himself, bury a lion's tail in it; says that an evil spirit is coming with a gun; the lion runs away with his tail cut off]: Lambrecht 196:184; ndau [the hare leads the baboon (he is his maternal uncle) to steal peanuts; says he would like to play with his mouth ("how am I going to eat"?) , with his hands "how am I going to take it"), etc.; the baboon allows him to play with his tail; the hare digs a hole, puts a stake, ties the baboon's tail to it, covers it with earth, shouts that the baboon is stealing peanuts; they come running people with dogs, baboon runs away with its tail off]: Boas, Simango 1922, No. 4:159-160; Tonga: Junod 1927 (tsonga) [the hare offers the baboon to go steal peanuts; tells him to sit under a tree, digs peanuts, throws him; while he eats, digs a hole behind him, buries a baboon's tail in it; calls people; they run to beat the thief, the baboon hardly escapes, leaving the meat from its tail in the hole; the hare pulls it out, tells his wife cook, calls the baboon for a meal; says what he ate]: 237-239; Radin 1952, No. 30 [someone muddies the pond, the leader puts watchmen; Varan is the first to guard; the hare suggests that he process better the field, ties a hoe to his tail, stirs up the pond; brings him a drink and lets him go for a promise to say that he muddy the pond; the monitor lizard is killed; the same with Antelope (the hoe is tied to the front legs, the Hare brings Antelope to eat); The turtle watchman The Hare offers to steal sweet potatoes from the field; The turtle hides in his bag, eats the stolen sweet potatoes, while the Hare, unaware of it, carries it back from the field; the Hare offers Leo show which of his subjects is stealing peanuts; quietly ties his mane to a tree; throws peanuts in front of him; calls animals, says that the thief he caught is Leo; the lion was beaten to death; the hare puts on lion skin, comes to his wives, tells him to slaughter all the cattle, bring all the money; the skin already stinks, the imaginary Leo goes to heal, sheds his skin, takes money; hides in a hole; pursuers pull his leg, he says it's a root, it's released and the root is pulled; he finds a pond with no watchman; in fact, there's a Turtle in the water, grabs his leg; he promises her a goat; then he promises her money left for storage to Chameleon; the turtle comes to the fact that the Chameleon blows into her eyes, she dies]: 123-128.

West Africa. Eve [the forest cat asked the monkey to look for fleas; fell asleep; the monkey tied its tail to the tree; the snail agreed to untie him; the cat asked his relatives to announce that he was dead; Everyone came to dance, the cat tried to grab the monkey, but she managed to climb the tree; monkeys have been living in trees ever since]: Abrahams 1983, No. 45:158.

South Asia. Sinhala [gamarala (village elder) tells his son to close the door to the pen tightly: leopards and other animals (kotiyo bochiyo - "bonapard leopards") may come; the leopard heard and thought who is Botia; at night he climbed into the pen and hid among the calves; at the same time, a thief climbed in, tried which calf was heavier, chose a leopard, which he thought was a calf, carried; the leopard did not moved, believing that Botia was carrying him; the thief, when he understood who he was carrying, also pretended to be OK, began to think about how to escape; when he saw the abandoned house where the monks lived, the thief shoved the leopard down on the slope and locked himself in the house; the jackal, hoping to profit from the leopard's meat, advised him to stick his tail into the hole - the door would open; the thief wrapped his tail around the pole; the jackal called the people, who took off their skin from the leopard and the meat went to the jackal]: Parker 1914a, No. 160:393-394 (=Volkonsky, Solntseva 1985, No. 13:48-49).