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    The Wolf and the Fox

    Grimm’s Fairy Tales


    The wolf had the fox with him, and whatsoever the wolf
    wished, that the fox was compelled to do, for he was the weaker, and
    he would gladly have been rid of his master. It chanced that once as
    they were going through the forest, the wolf said, red-fox, get me
    something to eat, or else I will eat you yourself. Then the fox
    answered, I know a farm-yard where there are two young lambs. If
    you are inclined, we will fetch one of them. That suited the wolf,
    and they went thither, and the fox stole the little lamb, took it to the
    wolf, and went away. The wolf devoured it, but was not satisfied
    with one. He wanted the other as well, and went to get it. But as he
    did it so clumsily, the mother of the little lamb heard him, and
    began to cry out terribly, and to bleat so that the farmers came
    running there. They found the wolf, and beat him so mercilessly,
    that he went to the fox limping and howling. You have misled me
    finely, said he. I wanted to fetch the other lamb, and the country
    folks surprised me, and have beaten me to a jelly. The fox replied,
    why are you such a glutton. Next day they again went into the
    country, and the greedy wolf once more said, red-fox, get me
    something to eat, or I will eat you yourself. Then answered the fox,
    I know a farm-house where the wife is baking pancakes to-night.
    We will get some of them for ourselves. They went there, and the
    fox slipped round the house, and peeped and sniffed about until he
    discovered where the dish was, and then snatched six pancakes and
    carried them to the wolf. There is something for you to eat, said he
    to him, and then went his way. The wolf swallowed down the
    pancakes in an instant, and said, they make one want more, and
    went thither and tore the whole dish down so that it broke in pieces.
    This made such a great noise that the woman came out, and when
    she saw the wolf she called the people, who hurried there, and beat
    him as long as their sticks would hold together, till with two lame
    legs, and howling loudly, he returned to the fox in the forest. How
    abominably you have misled me, cried he, the peasants caught me,
    and tanned my skin for me. But the fox replied, why are you such a
    glutton. On the third day, when they were out together, and the wolf
    could only limp along painfully, he again said, red-fox, get me
    something to eat, or I will eat your yourself. The fox answered, I
    know a man who has been killing, and the salted meat is lying in a
    barrel in the cellar. We will get that. Said the wolf, I will go when
    you do, that you may help me if I am not able to get away. I am
    willing, said the fox, and showed him the by-paths and ways by
    which at length they reached the cellar. There was meat in
    abundance, and the wolf attacked it instantly and thought, there is
    plenty of time before I need leave off. The fox liked it also, but
    looked about everywhere, and often ran to the hole by which they
    had come in, to find out if his body was still thin enough to slip
    through it. The wolf said, dear fox, tell me why you are running
    here and there so much, and jumping in and out. I must see that no
    one is coming, replied the crafty fellow. Don't eat too much. Then
    said the wolf, I shall not leave until the barrel is empty. In the
    meantime the farmer, who had heard the noise of the fox's jumping,
    came into the cellar. When the fox saw him he was out of the hole
    at one bound. The wolf wanted to follow him, but he had made
    himself so fat with eating that he could no longer get through, but
    stuck fast. Then came the farmer with a cudgel and struck him
    dead, but the fox bounded into the forest, glad to be rid of the old
    glutton.

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