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But just as the wedding was going to be solemnized, old Mr Fox

stirred under the bench, and cudgelled all the rabble, and drove

them and Mrs Fox out of the house.

SECOND STORY

When old Mr Fox was dead, the wolf came as a suitor, and knocked

at the door, and the cat who was servant to Mrs Fox, opened it

for him. The wolf greeted her, and said:

'Good day, Mrs Cat of Kehrewit, How comes it that alone you sit?

What are you making good?'

The cat replied:

'In milk I'm breaking bread so sweet, Will you be my guest, and

eat?'

'No, thank you, Mrs Cat,' answered the wolf. 'Is Mrs Fox not at

home?'

The cat said:

'She sits upstairs in her room, Bewailing her sorrowful doom,

Bewailing her trouble so sore, For old Mr Fox is no more.'

The wolf answered: