And wishes he had
The Crumbs that fall.
XXII.
This was the way of it.
Uncle Bear had a pot of honey and a big cheese, but the Great Red Fox had nothing but his wits.
The fox was for going into partnership, for he says, says he, “a head full of wits is worth more than a pot of honey and a big cheese,” which was as true as gospel, only that wits cannot be shared in partnership among folks, like red herring and blue beans, or a pot of honey and a big cheese.
All the same, Uncle Bear was well enough satisfied, and so they went into partnership together, just as the Great Red Fox had said. As for the pot of honey and the big cheese, why, they were put away for a rainy day, and the wits were all that were to be used just now.
“Very well,” says the fox, “we’ll rattle them up a bit;” and so he did, and this was how.