“The Wonderful Musician”
A musician was walking through the woods
when he grew lonely. He played his fiddle in the hopes it would bring out a
companion. Well, a wolf showed up and begged to be taught how to fiddle. The
musician didn’t really want a wolf for a companion, so he tricked the wolf to
get his front paws stuck in a tree and to stay until he came back.
The musician walked on, and decided to
play his fiddle again. This time a fox came out begging to learn how to fiddle.
The musician didn’t want a fox for a companion, so when they came to a
convenient spot he tied the fox’s front paws to different trees and told him to
stay until he came back.
The musician then walked on, and when he
played his fiddle a third time a hare came asking to be taught to play. The
musician tied a string around the hare’s neck and had him run around a tree
until he was tangled, and told him to stay until he came back.
But the fourth time the musician played, a
woodsman came to him to listen to the beautiful music. Meanwhile, the wolf had
gotten free and had come after the musician, freeing both the fox and hare. But
when they finally caught up to the musician, the woodsman raised his axe and
scared them away. The musician played more music to show his appreciation to
the woodsman, and then he left.
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I’m not sure if this is the right title
for this story. I don’t think this musician was wonderful. He seemed more …
dickish. He couldn’t have just told the wolf, fox, or hare that he had no
interest teaching animals to fiddle? The only thing he could do was tie them
up? Seems like this musician had some issues.
And if his fiddle playing was so good it
brought out the animals, you’d think he would have plenty of company with
hunters.
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