Only then did the old man realise that he had put a live fox on top of his fish. He moaned and groaned, but what could he do? The sly old fox was gone.
Meanwhile the fox gathered up all the fish lying along the road into one big heap, sat down beside it and began a real banquet.
The grey wolf was passing that way.
"Good day to you, Cousin Fox," he said, "may I wish you a good appetite...."
"You may. But remember, I'm eating what I caught, and you leave it alone."
"Give me just one little fish, then."
"Go and catch some for yourself and you can eat your fill, Cousin Wolf."
"I don't know how."
"All right, I'll tell you how. Go down to the river, Cousin Wolf, and stick your long tail in the hole in the ice. You just have to sit there and whisper these words to charm the fish:
"Big fishes and little fishes,
Come and be caught!
