` Of course I will , ' replied the Wolf . ' I can promise that you will find me a most apt pupil . ' So they joined company and went on their way together , and after a time they came to an old oak tree , which was hollow and had a crack in the middle of the trunk . ` Now , ' said the Musician , ` if you want to learn to fiddle , here 's your chance . Lay your front paws in this crack . ' The Wolf did as he was told , and the Musician quickly seized a stone , and wedged both his fore paws so firmly into the crack that he was held there , a fast prisoner . ` Wait there till I return , ' said the Fiddler , and he went on his way . After a time he said to himself again : ` Time hangs very heavily on my hands when I 'm all alone in the wood ; I must try and find a companion . ' So he drew out his fiddle , and fiddled away lustily . Presently a fox slunk through the trees . ` Aha I what have we here ? ' said the Musician . ' A fox ; well , I have n't the smallest desire for his company . ' The Fox came straight up to him and said : ` My dear friend , how beautifully you play the fiddle ; I would like to learn how you do it . ' ` Nothing easier , ' said the Musician , ` if you 'll promise to do exactly as I tell you . ' ` Certainly , ' answered the Fox , ` you have only to say the word . ' ` Well , then , follow me , ' replied the Fiddler . When they had gone a bi of the way , they came to a path with high trees on each side . Here the Musician halted , bent a stout hazel bough down to the ground from one side of the path , and put his foot on the end of it to keep it down . Then he bent a branch down from the other side and said : ` Give me your left front paw , my little Fox , if you really wish to learn how it 's done . '
The Fox did as he was told , and the Musician tied his front paw XXXXX the end of one of the branches .
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