M171D. Mena: gets a drum. (.11.13.) .15.17.23.30.

The character changes one for another and eventually gets a musical instrument (usually a drum).

(Bulu, Sarah), Portuguese [cat; monkey], Spanish [dog], Saudia [fool], Hindi (Mirzapur) [monkey], Nepali [jackal], Bengalis [jackal], Kannada [monkey], Tamils [ monkey], Maldives [heron], Persians [sparrow].

Bantu-speaking Africa. Bulu [the brothers brought many prisoners from the raid and one a cockroach; he was ridiculed; he replied that the cockroach was his own; he released a cockroach at home, and the rooster pecked him, the guy took it rooster; a civet ate a rooster on the street, the guy killed her; the leopard stole the carcass, the guy caught up with him, killed him, pulled his skin on the drum; the groom borrowed the drum for the wedding, tore the skin, he had to give it to the owner bride; after getting married, the guy had many children, married his daughters and became rich thanks to a cockroach]: Krug 1912, No. 10:113-114 (retelling in Klipple 1992:311).

(Wed. Sudan - East Africa. Sarah [Ki-ndam-ndoti and Sou set traps; S. was trapped by an agama lizard, and K. was trapped by a dove; S. came early and changed prey; they began to fight, K. knocked down S., but decided that did it too rude and gave him a pigeon; S. gave it to the old lady to cook it; took it out of the cauldron and ate it, then demanded that the old woman give her axe; he gave it to teenagers who with sticks they dug up earth bees; the ax broke, the teenagers gave S. feathers; he gave feathers to the dancers to decorate their heads, the feathers were worn out, the dancers gave a drum; S. gave it to the funeral participants who knocked on the calebass ; they began to beat the drum until they made a hole; gave S. the dead; S. put him at the well, asked the girl to give his friend water, the corpse fell, S. accused the girl of murder, her parents gave it to him; ( Each episode is followed by a listing of all previous exchanges)]: Fortier 1967:313-317 in Paulme 1976:145-147).

Southern Europe. The Portuguese (Coimbra) [the cat went to the barber to trim his beard; he also advised him to shorten his tail; on the way home, the cat decided that the barber had no right to keep what was cut off; because he could not get the tip of his tail back, the cat took the knife; when he saw a fish merchant who did not have a knife, the cat gave her his own, and then returned and demanded it back; the merchant gave him fish in exchange for the knife; the miller ate bare bread, the cat gave him fish; demanded back, but the fish had already been eaten, the miller gave him a kul of flour; the girls did not have flour; the cat gave his kul and then demanded that it be returned; if they did not give it, he took it the girl; gave her to the laundress as an assistant, she did not return it, the cat took his shirt; the violinist did not have a shirt, the cat gave it, the violinist did not return it, the cat took the violin; climbed the tree and began to play, singing about how everyone else was]: Coelho 1879, No. 11:19-20; the Portuguese [the barber cut off the monkey's tail; she demands a razor in return; then sequentially: a razor for a sardine, for flour, for a girl, for a shirt, for a guitar; the monkey plays the guitar and talks about what happened]: Cardigos 2006, No. 2034C: 386; the Spaniards (Ciudad Real) [the dog found the tail, gave it to the barber, came back, demanded the tail back, the barber said that the tail has rotted and he threw it away, he has to give the knife in return; the fisherman cleans the fish with a cane, the dog gives it a knife; then demands it back, the fisherman threw the knife away, gives the fish; the dog brings it to girls' school; comes back, demands the fish back, the mentor says it's gone bad, the dog gets the girl, gives it to the drum workshop; comes back for it; she is told that the girl parents took it; the dog gets a drum in return, climbs the mountain, hits the drum, talks about what happened]: Camarena, Chevallier 1997, No. 170A: 313-315.

Western Asia. Saudia [the fool found a small coin, bought a few peas, gave them to save the woman; the rooster pecked them, the fool got a rooster; elsewhere the woman decided to slaughter her with saving the rooster, firewood fell on it, crushed it; the fool got the stove; the buffalo broke the stove; got a buffalo, gave it to the house where the wedding was; the guests ate the buffalo; the fool got a bride, exchanged it from a black man for a drum and started hitting it]: Juhaiman 1999:95-99.

South Asia. North India (Hindi, Mirzapur) [the woman baked tortillas, the monkey agreed to bring fuel; began to dance around tortillas, got one; in the potter's house she gave it to the boy, got a pot; When his shepherd's wife, who shared butter, received butter; (each time the monkey sings, describing the sequence of his acquisitions); let the shepherd spread it on bread, got a cow; from the king on the way the ox is dead, he drags the wagon himself; the monkey gave the wagon, got the princess; gave it to the man who sewed the button himself, because his wife died; began to dance again, but there is no longer a suitable object , chose the drum; received it, started hitting it and ran into the forest]: Rouse, Crooke 1899, No. 32:132-138; Nepali [jackal's wife gives birth; he came to the goat to ask one of her the family helped with childbirth; only the youngest goat agreed; when she came to the jackals, she saw that they were going to eat her there, ran back; the goats fenced off their house with thorns; the jackal poked, covered his face; asked the blacksmith take out the splinter, he cut his face, the jackal demanded a knife in return; he came to the potter, offered the knife to cut the clay, the knife broke, the jackal got a pot for it; came to a woman who milks a cow in a vessel made of leaf, gave a pot, the cow broke it, the jackal took a cow instead; the peasant plows, the wife pulls the plow; the jackal put the cow in the plow, she injured his leg, he took the peasant's wife; people bake cakes, the jackal suggested that his woman bake them; she burned herself with butter; the jackal began to eat cakes, went on, the children stole the cakes, the jackal took the drum, climbed the tree, began to beat drum, fell and crashed]: Heunemann 1980, No. 19:142-145; Bengalis: Bradley-Birt 1920 [the jackal set up a school, the crocodile taught his seven children; the jackal ate them; the crocodile hid in water, grabbed the jackal by the leg; he put a bunch of reeds in him: both my legs are in place, you grabbed the reeds; the crocodile released the jackal's leg; next time he pretended to be dead; jackal: the crocodile is alive, for the dead must move his tail and ears; the crocodile does so; the jackal ran away, the shepherds saw the crocodile and drove it away; the jackal began to eat eggplants from the bush, stabbed his nose; asked the barber to pull out the thorn, he cut his nose; for this, the jackal took away his iron tool; the potter dug clay, the jackal gave him a tool to test, he accidentally broke it, got a pot; the participants in the wedding procession accidentally they broke the vessel, the jackal got a bride for it; went to pick up the clergyman for the wedding, leaving his wife and drummer's wife; she cut vegetables and accidentally cut the girl in half; the jackal demanded in return her husband's drum; climbed a tree, began singing about his adventures; fell into the canal, the crocodile ate it]: 186-190; Siddiqui, Lerch 1998 [the jackal asked the barber to pull a thorn out of his nose; he accidentally cut off the tip of his nose, for which he gave his knife to cut off his nails; the potter dug clay with his bare hands, the jackal gave him a knife, which immediately broke, the potter gave the clay jug; the jackal walked past a wedding procession, a rocket launched hit a jug, which crashed; the jackal was given to the bride; the jackal left the bride with the drummer's wife, followed the priest to perform the wedding ceremony; the bride dozed off, fell into the fire burned down; the drummer's wife hid the body, climbed onto the roof herself; the jackal threatened to burn her daughter, the drummer's wife gave the jackal her husband's best drum; the jackal climbed the tree, became Beat the drum and sing about how it happened; fell and crashed to death]: 130-135; kannada [the monkey pricked its tail, asked the barber to pull out the splinter, he accidentally cut off the entire tail, monkey demanded a razor for him; gave the potter a razor to cut the clay, the razor broke, the monkey got a pot; let the peasant water the cucumbers, he dropped and broke the pot; the monkey received a cucumber; gave A peasant who ate bare bread demanded back, got an ox; gave the acrobats, the ox was soon dead, the acrobats gave a drum in return; the monkey began to beat the drum and sing about everything what happened]: Ramanujan 1997, No. 39:109-111; the Tamils [the monkey stabbed the tip of its tail, asked the barber to pull out the splinter, he accidentally cut off the tip of the tail, the monkey demanded it back the barber gave the razor; the monkey invited the woman to cut wood with it, the razor became dull, the monkey received a bunch of firewood in return; gave firewood to the woman who baked cakes; when they burned, she demanded back got a basket of tortillas; exchanged it from the pariah for a drum, climbed a tree with it, began to beat the drum and sing about what had happened]: Natesa Sastri 1884-1888, No. 14:182-184; Maldives [ the heron dropped its manure at the water's edge; it was washed away by the wave, but the heron demanded it back by the sea; the sea gave tuna as compensation; the heron left the tuna on the roof, people cut it, dried the meat; the heron demanded tuna, got dried tuna meat; then instead of tuna meat, meat pies; a skein of rope; two drums; the heron sat on a branch and began to beat one of the drums; a branch broke, the heron fell, the drums fell on her and killed her; the old lady gladly took the drums for herself]: Romero-Frias 2012, No. 2:3-6.

Iran - Central Asia. Persians [the sparrow stabbed its paw, and the old woman cannot make a fire; the sparrow asks her to pull out his thorn, burn it, and then give him a cake; but while the sparrow was pecking the grains, his cake the old woman gave the dervish; then the sparrow took away all her cooked dough; brought tortillas to the shepherds on the condition that they would not eat without it; but they ate everything and he took their sheep; at the wedding they wanted To slaughter the dog, for there were no sheep; the sparrow gave him a ram, but he did not leave pilaf and he took the bride; flew to where the groom was and the bride was not; gave it back on the condition that after the wedding the bride would be returned to him; they did not give it to him, and he took the drum; he sat on the fence, began to beat the drum and sing, talking about everything that had happened; prevented the old woman from praying; she cursed the sparrow, the wind snatched his drum, he fell and crashed]: Rosenfeld 1958:66-69.