"The Wolf and the Fox.” More tales from Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Wanda Gág, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006, pp. 9-13.

Tale Summary

There was once a greedy wolf who always made a fox do his bidding. One day, the wolf demanded that the fox find him something to eat or he would eat him up, and so he brought the wolf to a farmyard where there were two lambs. After eating one of them, the wolf wanted the other, and thought he could manage it himself, but he was so clumsy that he woke the peasants and got quite a beating from them. The next day, the wolf asked the same of the fox, who brought him to a farmhouse to steal pancakes. After eating, the wolf tried to take a few more but was so loud and clumsy that the farmwife and the menfolk gave him a terrible beating. It happened again the next day that the wolf demanded the fox find him some food, and so they went to a man’s cellar where there was freshly salted meat. After the two slipped in through a hole, they enjoyed the meal, but the fox was much more watchful and made sure he still fit through the hole. The man eventually came down after hearing the noise and the fox escaped through the hole but the wolf had eaten so much that he became stuck and was beaten to death by the man.