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Meanwhile, the animals were lying in the meadow and waiting.
“The fox has tricked us,” said the stag.
“Of course, he has been caught and is entering Two-Legs’ service like the rest,” said the nightingale.
But, at daybreak, the sparrow came flying up, breathlessly:
“The fox is dead!” she said. “He is lying on the hill outside Two-Legs’ house. I saw him myself. There’s a dead goose lying beside him.”
Then the lioness rose and all the other animals with her:
“The fox went on his own business,” she said. “He fell in his own hunting. We can trust nobody now.”
Then, with bent head, she went sadly home.
