When the man returned from the woods he did not find his wife, and he looked for her till one of the neighbours said, "I saw your wife follow you in the way this morning."
And the man thought to himself, "My wife must surely have followed me to see where the entrails of the game went to."
So he took the way and came to the first and the second trap, but at the third he saw his wife caught, and beside her sat the lion.
And the lion said, "See what a nice animal you have caught to-day; be quick and cut it up that I may get my share."
The man said, "I cannot cut her up, for she is my wife."
The lion said, "Was not our agreement that I should have the entrails of every animal you caught? Now give me my share or I will kill you."
At that moment there came forth a hare, and when he had heard the case he said to the lion, "This man speaks not truly when he says that this animal is his wife, he only wishes to get all the meat for himself. Now my plan is that you and the man follow me, and I will show you that this is not his wife."
So the man and the lion followed the hare, and the hare and the man passed the second trap, but the lion entered in, and was caught up by the noose in the air.
Then the hare said to the man, "Now take your wife quickly and run away, for if he gets out he will kill us both."
So the man took his wife and ran away quickly.