A FAMISHED1 WOLF was prowling about in the morning in search of

　　food. As he passed the door of a cottage built in the forest, he

　　heard a Mother say to her child, "Be quiet, or I will throw you

　　out of the window, and the Wolf shall eat you." The Wolf sat all

　　day waiting at the door. In the evening he heard the same woman

　　fondling her child and saying: "You are quiet now, and if the

　　Wolf should come, we will kill him." The Wolf, hearing these

　　words, went home, gasping2 with cold and hunger. When he reached

　　his den3, Mistress Wolf inquired of him why he returned wearied

　　and supperless, so contrary to his wont4. He replied: "Why,

　　forsooth! use I gave credence5 to the words of a woman!"