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Poor Sultan, who was lying close by them, heard all that the

shepherd and his wife said to one another, and was very much

frightened to think tomorrow would be his last day; so in the

evening he went to his good friend the wolf, who lived in the

wood, and told him all his sorrows, and how his master meant to

kill him in the morning. 'Make yourself easy,' said the wolf, 'I

will give you some good advice. Your master, you know, goes out

every morning very early with his wife into the field; and they

take their little child with them, and lay it down behind the

hedge in the shade while they are at work.