There was once a wonderful musician, who went quite alone through a forest and thought of all manner of things, and when nothing was left for him to think about, he said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither a good companion for myself." Then he took his fiddle from his back, and played so that it echoed through the trees. It was not long before a wolf came trotting through the thicket towards him. "Ah, here is a wolf coming! I have no desire for him!" said the musician; but the wolf came nearer and said to him, "Ah, dear musician, how beautifully thou dost play. I should like to learn that, too." - "It is soon learnt," the musician replied, "thou hast only to do all that I bid thee." - "Oh, musician," said the wolf, "I will obey thee as a scholar obeys his master." The musician bade him follow, and when they had gone part of the way together, they came to an old oak-tree which was hollow inside, and cleft in the middle. "Look," said the musician, "if thou wilt learn to fiddle, put thy fore paws into this crevice." The wolf obeyed, but the musician quickly picked up a stone and with one blow wedged his two paws so fast that he was forced to stay there like a prisoner. "Stay there until I come back again," said the musician, and went his way.

有一个技艺一流的乐师，他的小提琴演奏令人赏心悦耳，激动不已。 一次，他怀着愉快的心情到森林里去漫游，走了一段路，觉得一个人太无聊，就自言自语地说："一个人太沉闷了，我得找一个伙伴来。"于是，他拿起小提琴拉了起来。
顷刻间，森林里回荡起了他那美妙的乐声。
一只狼出现了，乐师看到后说道："哎呀！是一只狼来看我了。"狼走到他面前说："您的琴拉得太动听了！但愿您能教教我。"乐师说："这很容易，只要你按我的吩咐做就行了。"狼回答说："好的，我将是一个非常善于用功的学生。"这样，他们一起走上了小路，最后来到了一棵大树前。 这是一棵里面空了的老栎树，树干中间裂了一条大缝。 乐师对狼说："看这儿，如果你想学拉小提琴，就把你的前脚伸进这条裂缝去。"狼按照他说的做了，乐师拾起一块大石头把它的两只前脚牢牢地卡在了裂缝里，就像一个被铐着的囚犯。 "现在，你给我乖乖地在这儿等着我回来。"乐师说完，迈着悠闲的步子扬长而去。