The great bird answered, “When the wind blows from the right I turn to the left; when it blows from the left I turn to the right.”
“But what do you do when it blows from all sides?” asked the fox.
“Then I stick my head under my wing,” said the great bird, showing how he did it. But quick as a wink, when the great bird stuck his head under his wing, Reynard Sly-Boots sprang upon him and seized him, saying:
“You know how to give counsel to others, but not to advise yourself.”
So he ate him up!
The Fox and the Hedgehog
A hedgehog met Master Reynard in a field, and said to him, “Hello, master! Whither away?”
“Oh, I’m just loafing around!” answered the fox.
“Tell me, now,” said Reynard to the hedgehog, after they had been chatting a while, “how manifold is your understanding?”
“Threefold,” answered the hedgehog.