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 . The Musician bound a long cord round the little Hare 's neck , the other end of which he fastened to the tree . ` Now , my merry little friend , ' said the Musician , ` run twenty times round the tree . ' The little Hare obeyed , and when it had run twenty times round the tree , the cord had twisted itself twenty times round the trunk , so that the poor little beast was held a fast prisoner , and it might bite and tear as much as it liked , it could n't free itself , and the cord only cut its tender neck . ` Wait there till I return , ' said the Musician , and went on his way . In the meantime the Wolf had pulled and bitten and scratched at the stone , till at last he succeeded in getting his paws out . Full of anger , he hurried after the Musician , determined when he met him to tear him to pieces .
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