It’s an ancient lesson that has to be relearned over and over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodcutter_and_the_Trees
Thanks for the rabbit hole, the Perry Index is my new thing for the next few months I guess
The ATU index is also worth looking into:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%9...