Gossip Wolf and the Fox

The she-wolf gave birth to a cub and invited the fox to be her godfather. He is closely related to us,' she said, 'he has a good mind and much skill, he can teach my son and help him in the world. The fox also appeared quite respectable and said, "Dear Madam Godmother, I thank you for the honor you have shown me, but I also want to keep myself in such a way that you may enjoy it. At the feast he enjoyed himself and made himself quite merry, then he said, "Dear Madam, it is our duty to take care of the child, you must have good food, so that he also gets his strength back. I know a sheep pen from which we can easily get a good piece.

The wolf liked the little song, and she went out with the fox to the farm. He showed her the barn from a distance and said, "You will be able to crawl in there unseen, meanwhile I will look around on the other side to see if I can catch a chicken. He did not go there, but settled down at the entrance of the forest, stretched his legs and rested. The she-wolf crawled into the stable, where a dog was lying and making a noise, so that the farmers came running, caught the woman and poured a sharp lye of unburnt ashes over her fur. At last she escaped and dragged herself out: there lay the fox, acting all miserable and saying 'oh, dear Madam, how badly I have suffered! The peasants have attacked me and broken all my limbs, if you don't want me to lie in the square and die of hunger, you must carry me away'. The she-wolf herself could only go slowly, but she had great concern for the fox, so that she took him on her back and carried the quite healthy and healed grandfather laboriously to her house. Then he called out to her, 'Farewell, dear wife, and let the roast be good for you,' laughed at her violently and jumped away.