She had not gone a day’s journey farther when she met a wolf.
“Whither away, Goody?” asked the wolf of the little old woman.
“Oh, I am off to engage a herdsman for my farm,” said Goody.
“Why not hire me, Goody?” asked the wolf.
“Can you call the flocks at evening?” asked the little old woman.
“You should just hear me,” said the wolf, and he called in a shrill voice, “UH, UH.”
“No, no,” said the little old woman as soon as she heard that, and off she went on her way.
But before the end of another day’s journey, whom should the little old woman meet but Brother Fox, sitting beside a blackberry bush, and sunning himself.
“Whither away, Goody?” asked Brother Fox.
“Oh, I am off to engage a herdsman for my farm,” said Goody in reply.