M141A. And who is the mouse for us? .28.-.30.32.33.
In a collection of different animals, one of those present describes the weakest as irrelevant to the rest. They're eating that one. This is repeated several times, each time the weakest of the remaining is eaten.
Russians (Arkhangelskaya), Kumyks, Georgians, Baluchis, Bashkirs, Kazakhs.
Central Europe. Russians (Arkhangelskaya, Pomors) [someone frightened the chicken, she runs, shouts to the rooster that war is going on; then a hare, a fox, a wolf, a bear; everyone fell into a hole; fox: let's count the names: Mishenka- bear is a good name (hereinafter referred to as fox fox, wolf wolf, cockerel petenka), and pakura chicken is a bad name; the chicken was eaten; then in order of the next; the fox and the bear remain; the fox pretends that stretches and eats his own guts; the bear pulled out his own, the fox ate it as much as it wanted]: Razumova, Senkina 1987:5-7.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Kumyks [bear, fox, boar, hare, jackal, wolf and rooster began to live together; bear became sledge, boar became elder, wolf hunter, jackal chavush (bailiff), hare became shepherd, the rooster was a mullah; only the fox was left idle; began to sing: the minted gold is our fox, the boar is our elder, the bear is our sledge, the wolf is our hunter, the jackal is our chavush, the hare is the shepherd, and the rooster is the mullah; why do you need a mullah, we'll eat it better; then it's the same (why do you need a shepherd, let's eat it); the fox and the wolf are left; the fox noticed the oxtail lying, guessed that it was a trap; says that she has it herself today is fasting; the wolf fell into a trap, the fox began to eat a oxtail - he dreamed that the fast was over; the wolf broke out; the fox began to live in the mill; tells the wolf that it licks the flour when the millstones turn; the wolf's tongue was torn off; the fox settled on the shore, the wolf did not recognize it; the fox tells the wolf that it lowers its tail into the river to catch fish; the tail froze; women came and killed both the fox and the wolf]: Khalilov 1965, No. 10:25-28 (similar text or other translation of the same in Ganiev 2011a, No. 22:101-104); Georgians [a leaf fell on the fox, it ran, tells the wolf that the sky is collapsing, the wolf also ran; with them a bear, goat, ram, rooster; stopped at the mill; fox: I am the eldest, the wolf is older (etc.), and the rooster is younger; everyone rushed at the rooster, ate it; so take turns with the rest of the animals, the wolf remained; the lard was drowned, the fox advises not to eat right away, it eats it itself, the wolf opens the pot, the fox runs away, the wolf is stuck between the trees; later he freed himself, saw a fox, cut off its tail with an ax; the fox to other foxes: got fat , having torn off their tail; they also want, the fox advises to lower their tails into the water, the river will freeze, the tails will come off; the wolf stretches out a rope bridge, whoever stole the lard will fall; the guilty fox falls, the wolf wants to kill her, she promises to decorate it; cuts off his head]: Chikovani 1954:404-406.
Iran - Central Asia. The Baluchi [the fox dressed as a dervish and invited the lion to go to the praying mantis; he told the jackal to call others; the jackal called a leopard, a tiger, a wolf, an elephant; they came to one place, the lion was hungry; fox mullah: "Why is this jackal with us? Take this jackal, knock him down and kill him!" Then the same about the wolf; the elephant; the fox tied the elephant's intestines; the lion went hunting; the forests pretended to stretch and eat its own guts; the tiger believed, ripped open its belly and died; the fox began to eat the tiger; told the returning lion that the tiger had a heart ache and ripped it open; the fox and the lion came to the rock; the fox: our fathers jumped from here; the lion jumped, the fox ate it]: Zarubin 1932, No. 20:214-217
Volga - Perm. The Bashkirs [a leaf fell on the mouse; she rushed to run, tells her meeting that her nuclei are falling, she is fleeing the war; after her, a bear, a wolf, a fox, a korsak, a hare, a ferret; the bear offers to stop; says: the bear is everyone's uncle, the wolf is the elder brother, the fox is the sister, the Korsak is the nephew, the hare is the younger brother, the ferret is the great-grandson, and who is the mouse? the animals ate it; then they ate a ferret (neither a godfather nor a matchmaker), a hare; they wanted to eat the fox, but she offered to distract the approaching hunters, and then return; running away from the bear and the wolf, the fox offers the rooster go down from the fence; under the new law, all friends; rooster: that's good, a man is coming here; the fox immediately runs away - in a hurry to visit the geese]: Barag 1989, No. 86:393-395.
Turkestan. Kazakhs: Bosingen 1985 [the fox tells the lion that it knows a place where there are many rams; you must take the strong ones with you - a tiger, a bear, a wolf; and a hare coward; on the way to the night, a fox announces: the lion is our uncle, who will touch our uncle? the bear is our sage (who will touch it, etc.), the wolf is our strength, the fox is the ruler, the hare is our ram, so eat the ram; next time: and the bear is our brown sheep, eat the ram; on the third overnight stay: the wolf is our enemy (they ate the wolf); for the fourth time: the tiger is our food; the lion is left; the fox brings him to the top of the cliff and tells him to jump - below the rams; the lion crashed; the fox: how can I give my uncle lion to be eaten by crows; began to peel off the lion's skin]: 152-153; Sidelnikov 1962 [=Daurenbekov 1979:242-243, =Kaskabasov et al. 1979, No. 51:116-117; hail went, broke the tibia; bear: Where are you running to? mouse: the enemy attacked; they are joined by a tiger, a wolf, a fox, a badger; the animals are hungry; the mouse: we all honor the uncle of the tiger, the bear is our sister, the wolf gives us news, the fox is our messenger, and the badger is nobody for us, so we will tear it up and eat it; then the fox, the wolf, the bear; when the bear was torn, the mouse hid its eyes; eats and pretends to be its own; the tiger pulled out its eyes, died, the mouse ate it for a long time]: 181- 183.