` 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 to the end of one of the branches . ` Now , my friend , ' he said , ` give me your right paw . ' This he bound to the other branch , and having carefully seen that his knots were all secure , he stepped off the ends of the branches , and they sprang back , leaving the poor Fox suspended in mid-air . ` Just you wait where you are till I return , ' said the Musician , and he went on his way again . Once more he said to himself : ` Time hangs heavily on my hands when I 'm all alone in the wood ; I must try and find another companion . ' So he took out his fiddle and played as merrily as before . This time a little hare came running up at the sound . ` Oh ! here comes a hare , ' said the Musician ; ` I 've not the smallest desire for his company . ' ` How beautifully you play , dear Mr. Fiddler , ' said the little Hare . ' I wish I could learn how you do it . ' ` It 's easily learnt , ' answered the Musician ; ` just do exactly as I tell you . ' ` That I will , ' said the Hare , ` you will find me a most attentive pupil . ' They went on a bit together , till they came to a thin part of the wood , where they found an aspen tree growing .
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