Miss Cat went downstairs and sent the wooer away. Soon afterwards there was another knock, and another fox was at the door who wished to woo Mrs Fox. He had two tails, but he did not fare better than the first. After this still more came, each with one tail more than the other, but they were all turned away, until at last one came who had nine tails, like old Mr Fox. When the widow heard that, she said joyfully to the cat:
\\u0027Now open the gates and doors all wide,
And carry old Mr Fox outside.\\u0027
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:
\\u0027Good day, Mrs Cat of Kehrewit,
How comes it that alone you sit?
What are you making good?\\u0027
The cat replied:
\\u0027In milk I\\u0027m breaking bread so sweet,
Will you be my guest, and eat?\\u0027
\\u0027No, thank you, Mrs Cat,\\u0027 answered the wolf. \\u0027Is Mrs Fox not at home?\\u0027
The cat said:
\\u0027She sits upstairs in her room,
Bewailing her sorrowful doom,
Bewailing her trouble so sore,
For old Mr Fox is no more.\\u0027