M39a5. Kills goats that have eaten pears .17.29.
Afool led the goats to the fruit tree and killed them because they ate the fruit he had thrown.
Jibbali, Ossetians, Megrelians, Georgians (Imereti), Turks.
Western Asia. Jibbali [there were two brothers, one fool; they began to work for the Sultan; a fool was sent to the Sultan's wife for food; on the way back, the fool saw his shadow, was frightened, threw her all the food; they began to beat him, he killed seven, left, found goats, led them to a fruit tree; the goats began to eat fruit, he killed them, left only one goat; the fruit was on his horns, the fool called the goat brother]: Müller 1907, No. 4: 9-11.
Caucasus - Asia Minor. Ossetians: Britaev, Kaloev 1959 [just like Dzagurov 1973; the door belongs to a giant, he is chasing his brothers, a stupid man gouged his eyes out with a skewer]: 369-373; Dzagurov 1973, No. 95 [smart brother herding khan's cows, stupid sheep; climbed onto an apple tree, began to shake: whoever leaves me a share will live; sheep ate apples, and one goat has an apple stuck in its horns; the fool locked the goat in the stall, threw the sheep off steep shore; left alone, the coser bleats, the khan orders him to be slaughtered, the fool stabbed him, came to his brother, he told him to run, closing the door; the fool understood that it was necessary to remove the door from its hinges and carry it; together with they climbed a tree with the door; the people of another village were going to feast under it, the door fell on the table, the people ran away, the brothers got the food; the khan and the servants took turns coming, the fool killed everyone by hitting the tree; the brothers took possession of the khan's property]: 405-407; the Megrelians [the fool remained with the shepherd, and the clever older brother moved on; the fool drove the sheep, the apple tree to the pasture; he climbed on it, began to shake and shout to the sheep: Leave my share, or I'll take off my head; when I cried, I saw that the rams had eaten all the apples, only two had an apple stuck between their horns; the fool killed everyone but these; then the older brother came up and told me to run - the owner will punish; in the city she gave a fool to the service of an honest man; the fool was told to wash the owner's mother; he put her in boiling water, the old woman cooked; the fool, as ordered, gave her milk and flour; the old woman does not eat, the fool yelled at her, the elder brother told her to run, the fool took with him a pot full of food; the brothers climbed the tree to sleep; robbers sat under the tree; the fool threw the cauldron, the robbers ran away, leaving the brothers good; three apples, three pomegranates]: Gachava et al. 1890:12-14; Megrelians [smart elder brother, younger strongman and fool; went to sell ox; wood shook in the wind; the fool decided that he wanted to buy an ox for 25 rubles; tied it up, promising to return for the money; the next day there was no ox by the tree; the fool tore out the tree in anger and found it under the roots of a korchagu of money; he took 25 rubles, did not touch the rest; the elder brother took the money; both went and hired a giant - a fool a shepherd of goats, and a clever servant of a giant's mother; once a fool for the fault did not give lunch; he climbed the apple tree, began to shake off the apples; the goats ate them, only two had an apple left between their horns; the fool did not touch these, and cut the rest of the goats; the brother scolded a fool, sent the giant's mother to buy in milk; he poured hot, the woman cooked; the giant did not immediately realize that his mother was dead, the brothers managed to escape, climbed a tree for the night; the fool had a scrap with him, he it was dropped on the travelers who had gathered under the tree; they ran away; the brothers went down to pick up the goods, but the giant came running; the clever brother knocked over the pot of soup; the fool thought the giant was to blame and killed him ]: Gachava et al. 1890:15-16; Georgians (Imereti) [Garkom is the elder brother, the fool Kant is the youngest; orphans, they came to work for the landowner; K. began to herd sheep, climbed a pear, threw pears to the sheep, telling them to hide them for him; the sheep scattered; K. killed them, leaving one goat, whose pear was stuck between its horns; the brothers ran away, hired a nobleman; G. bathed the old father, and K. drove firewood; one day they changed, K. put the old man in a bath of boiling water, then put the corpse in bed; began to stuff porridge into the dead man's mouth; the brothers ran away again; in the forest G. asked K. for a burka, who cut it off in pieces, at night G. froze to death; K. found a jug of money, but saw his shadow and thought that it was chasing him; began throwing her money, then hit the shadow on the head with a jug; came to the mosque, stood there ugly, Azerbaijanis beat him to death]: Kagan 1989a, No. 82-85; Turks [when sharing his father's inheritance, the fool brother chose an old camel, offered lizards to buy meat; they twirl heads; the fool thought that the lizards agreed, stabbed the camel, put each leg on a separate stone; in the morning he came for the money, the lizards disappeared into the hollow, the fool hit the tree with an ax, it fell, gold coins fell asleep; the fool brought gold to his brothers and brought kadia; he began to divide: one coin for himself, one to his brothers; the fool volunteered to carry his bag of gold, but Kadiy carried it himself, fell down the stairs, broke his leg, the fool threw it into the well; the clever brothers threw a goat on top; the fool shouted that he had stabbed the cadia and threw his body into the well; when he went down, he asked if Kadia had ears, four legs, and wool; the fool was left alone; he began to herd the goats, climbed on a pear, threw them on the ground, the goat was all eaten, only one had two pears left on its horns; the fool ate one, gave the other to the goat, and stabbed the rest of the goats; The brothers were seized, they ran away; at night a caravan of merchants came up; the fool stabbed the donkey, began to cook, told the merchant to eat, otherwise he would cut off his head; the merchant paid off with gold; the brothers stayed in the same house, pushed a fool not to eat much; he did not eat at all, and then came to the hostess for bread; she drove him away, he fell down the stairs and crashed to death]: Stebleva 1986, No. 60:256-259.