Narration.
IN THE CELLAR.
They went out again the third day, the wolf limping along very painfully. When they were some distance from home the wolf said to the fox, “Get me something to eat quick, or I will eat you.”
The fox said he knew a man who had just killed a pig and salted it down in a cask in his cellar. The wolf replied, “I will go with you if you promise to help me if we get into trouble.” “Of course I will help you,” said the fox, and showed him how to get into the cellar.
Once in, there was plenty of meat. The wolf was delighted at the sight and set to work at once. The fox, too, liked meat; but he kept looking around while eating and running now and then to the hole through which they came, to see if his body would still slip through easily. Presently the wolf asked, “Why are you running about so?” “I want to see if any one is coming,” replied the cunning fox. “Mind you don’t eat too much!”
The wolf said he would not leave till all the meat was eaten.
Meanwhile the farmer, who had heard the noise made by the pair in the cellar, walked in. The fox, as soon as he saw him, made a spring and was out through the hole in a jiffy.
The wolf tried to follow, but he had eaten so much that his body was too big for the hole and he stuck fast. Then came the farmer with a stout cudgel and beat him to death.
The fox ran away into the forest, very glad to be rid of his greedy master.
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