` That we shall soon see , ' cried the wolf , opening his huge mouth and crouching for a spring . ` What are you doing ? ' exclaimed the fox , stepping backwards . ` What am I doing ? What I am going to do is to make my supper off you , in less time than a cock takes to crow . ' ` Well , I suppose you must have your joke , ' answered the fox lightly , but never removing her eye from the wolf , who replied with a snarl which showed all his teeth : ' I do n't want to joke , but to eat ! ' ` But surely a person of your talents must perceive that you might eat me to the very last morsel and never know that you had swallowed anything at all ! ' ` In this world the cleverest people are always the hungriest , ' replied the wolf . ` Ah ! how true that is ; but -- ' ' I ca n't stop to listen to your `` buts '' and `` yets , '' ' broke in the wolf rudely ; ` let us get to the point , and the point is that I want to eat you and not talk to you . ' ` Have you no pity for a poor mother ? ' asked the fox , putting her tail to her eyes , but peeping slily out of them all the same . ' I am dying of hunger , ' answered the wolf , doggedly ; ` and you know , ' he added with a grin , ` that charity begins at home . ' ` Quite so , ' replied the fox ; ` it would be unreasonable of me to object to your satisfying your appetite at my expense . But if the fox resigns herself to the sacrifice , the mother offers you one last request . ' ` Then be quick and do n't waste my time , for I ca n't wait much longer . What is it you want ? ' ` You must know , ' said the fox , ` that in this village there is a rich man who makes in the summer enough cheeses to last him for the whole year , and keeps them in an old well , now dry , in his courtyard . By the well hang two buckets on a pole that were used , in former days , to draw up water . For many nights I have crept down to the palace , and have lowered myself in the bucket , bringing home with me enough cheese to feed the children .
All I beg XXXXX you is to come with me , and , instead of hunting chickens and such things , I will make a good meal off cheese before I die . '
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