ATU 2300. Endless Tales

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ATU 2300. Endless Tales. Miscellaneous type. The narrator reports on something that takes a long time and says that he will continue the tale when it is completed. The following is the most common version: a shepherd has to take many sheep over a bridge, which is so narrow that they have to pass over one at a time. The listeners have to wait while each sheep crosses the bridge to the other side.

ATU 2302. Z39.3 [ATU 2302] The crow on the tarred bridge. His beak and tail alternately stick (Endless.) (Cf. Z11).
Endless Story - Japan - Clarkson and Cross / World