The bear was wroth, and turned him round about,

And with one blow the wolf’s two eyes put out.

“That sheep for me, a bear so great and famed?

Unjust dispenser, judge unwisely named!”

The little fox is sore afraid, and sees

A trap laid ready with a piece of cheese.

“O uncle, see, I’ve built a convent here,”

He said, “a place of rest, a place of prayer!”

The bear stretched out his paw for the repast,