M139. Birds released. 60.65.
Thefox caught the birds and packed them in a bag. Another character quietly swapped them with thorns.
Cañar, Canta, Jacaru, Huanca, Junín, Aymara (Puno), Aymara and Quechua in mountainous Bolivia.
Ecuador. Prov. Canyar [The Fox is an uncle, the Rabbit is a nephew; the Rabbit tells the Fox where to catch the birds, he collects a whole bag of them, leaves, the Rabbit releases the birds, puts thorns in the bag; carrying the bag, the Fox thinks that birds are pecking; the fox promises to take revenge on the Rabbit]: Zaruma 1993:237-240
The Central Andes. Dep. Lima, prov. Kanta [Fox and Duck are friends; when going hunting, Lisa asks Duck to look after the cubs; returns without prey, tells the Duck to open the bag if the meat supply runs out; opening the bag, the Duck finds it in it birds; releases them, considering them their brothers; when the cubs ask for food, the Duck kills them, puts them in a boiling pot, swims to the middle of the lake; finding the foxes dead, the Fox tries to drink the lake to grab them Duck; bursts; foxes have been chasing birds ever since]: Jimenez Borja 1937: [No. 17, without pagination]; hakaru (Tupe County, Prov. Yaujos, dep. Lima [The fox invites the birds to get into the bag, ties it, asks the Duck to watch while she is away; despite the warning, the Duck unties the bag, the birds fly away; she puts thorns instead; carrying the bag, the Fox thinks that the birds are pecking it through burlap; after opening the bag at home, she runs to the lake where the Duck swims; tries to drink all the water, bursts]: Farfan 1952, No. 1:79; wanka (dep. Junin?) : Tello 1923b: 424-429 [The fox catches birds in a snare, puts them in a bag, carries them home; gives it to the old duck Vachva for a while; she opens the bag out of curiosity, the birds fly away; V. puts it instead of them thorns, covers with grass; The fox takes the bag, feels the injections, first thinks that it is the birds pecking; chases V.; she swims to the middle of the lake; the fox tries to drain it by pulling the channel away, then begins drink water; water pours out of his anus; he plugs it, bursts], 430-421 [The fox catches the Duck; she promises to give him the cheese she has at home; her house is on the other side of the lake; the fox takes the reflection for cheese moons; trying to drink the lake (hereinafter referred to as pp. 424-429)]; Onores County, Dep. Junin [The fox asks the Duck to guard the bag with the birds he has caught; the curious Duck opens it, the birds fly away, she puts thorns in their place; the fox brings the bag to the children, the thorns scratch them; A duck swims in the middle of the lake, Lisa drinks water to drain it, bursts]: Farfan 1949, No. 39:133-135; prov. Tarma (dep. Junin): Farfan 1949, No. 38 [The fox asks Duck where her children got their red legs; I baked them in the stove; The fox bakes her children, they die; The duck swims in the middle of the lake, the Fox drinks water to dry it; water pours out of her ass, she plugs it with a stone, bursts; Duck dances]: 123; Metraux 1935b [The duck tells Lisa that she baked her children to make their paws red; the fox agrees advice, her children are dying; Duck and ducklings move to the other side of the river or to the middle of the lake; Fox drinks water to drain the pond; stumbles upon a blade of grass piercing its belly, bursts]: 413-415; Toro Montalvo 1990 [The fox traps birds, puts them in a bag, asks the Duck (Huachua) to guard; she opens the bag out of curiosity, the birds fly away; W. fills the bag with thorns, leaves; the fox brings it to the family everyone is scratched against thorns; he chases W., she swims on the lake; first the Fox tries to drain him, breaks through the canal, then wants to drink the lake; bursts]: 400-401 by Tarmapap Racha Huaranin, Fabulas Quechuas, in Azacenas Quechuas, Tarma, 1906: Imprenta "La Aurora de Tarma": 107-117; Aymara (dep. Puno) [The fox catches the birds, puts them in a bag, asks the Duck (Huallata) to guard him; curious W. opens the bag, the birds fly away; W. fills the bag with thorns, leaves; the fox carries the bag home, his the pets are scratched; he chases W. swimming on the lake; first tries to drain the lake by removing the canal from it, then wants to drink all the water; it pours out of his ass, he plugs his anus on the cob; bursts; another lake, Kamake-kota, forms from the spilled water]: Lopez, Sayritupa Asqui 1990:28-31; Aymara, Quechua of Mountain Bolivia [as in Tarma in Farfan and Metraux; one Fox or all foxes trying to drink water]: Paredes Candia 1953:32-34.