Dared into the trap

The victim closes the trap himself, to prove a point: a shepherd asks to be tied to the tree once he hears what the tree can cure, and a dragon climbs into a box after being told it is too small to hold a big man.

• The Jackal, the Dove, and the PantherThe Pink Fairy Book
• The Little HareThe Pink Fairy Book
• The OgreThe Grey Fairy Book
• The Merry WivesThe Pink Fairy Book
• The Story of Big Klaus and Little KlausThe Yellow Fairy Book
• How the Dragon was TrickedThe Pink Fairy Book
• Herr Lazarus and the DrakenThe Grey Fairy Book
• The Daughter of Buk EttemsuchThe Grey Fairy Book
• Stan BolovanThe Violet Fairy Book
• The Story of HalfmanThe Violet Fairy Book
• Virgilius the SorcererThe Violet Fairy Book
• Mogarzea and his SonThe Violet Fairy Book