“No,” said the wolf. “I can sing louder and faster than any one in the woods. Listen!”
So the wolf sang louder and faster.
And the kid danced livelier and better than before.
But the wolf made so much noise that the dogs heard it.
They came running into the woods to see what the matter was.
The wolf had to run for his life.
But the wise little kid trotted safely home to his mother.
“I have to go without my dinner,” growled the wolf. “I alone am to blame. I should kill and eat kids, not sing for them.”