Again he said to himself, "Time is beginning to pass heavily with me here in the forest, I will fetch hither another companion," so he took his fiddle, and the sound echoed through the forest. Then a little hare came springing towards him. "Why, a hare is coming," said the musician, "I do not want him." - "Ah, dear musician," said the hare, "how beautifully thou dost fiddle; I too, should like to learn that." - "That is soon learnt," said the musician, "thou hast only to do everything that I bid thee." - "Oh, musician," replied the little hare, "I will obey thee as a scholar obeys his master." They went a part of the way together until they came to an open space in the forest, where stood an aspen tree. The musician tied a long string round the little hare's neck, the other end of which he fastened to the tree. "Now briskly, little hare, run twenty times round the tree!" cried the musician, and the little hare obeyed, and when it had run round twenty times, it had twisted the string twenty times round the trunk of the tree, and the little hare was caught, and let it pull and tug as it liked, it only made the string cut into its tender neck. "Wait there till I come back," said the musician, and went onwards.

可是，不久他又自言自语地说："又沉闷起来了，我得找一个伙伴。"于是，他拉起了小提琴，琴声飘扬，跑来了一只野兔。 乐师说道："哎呀，是只野兔。"野兔对他说："您不愧是一个优秀的琴师。您的琴真是拉绝了。您教我好吗？"乐师回答说："好吧，如果你按我的指挥来做，我就教你。"野兔马上说道："好的，我会是一个好学生。"然后他们一起走了很长一段时间。 当来到森林里一片开阔地带时，乐师用一根绳子在野兔的脖子上系好，将绳子的另一头拴在一棵树上，说道："好了，灵巧的野兔，跳起来，迅速地绕树跑二十圈。"愚蠢的野兔按乐师的吩咐跑了起来。 当兔子围着树跑完二十圈后，它也将系着它的绳子在树干上绕了二十圈，像一个被套在树上的囚犯。 跑完后，野兔兴致勃勃地又拉又扯，但只要一拉，绳子将它的脖子勒得更紧。 这时乐师说道："现在等在这儿，直到我回来。"说完就走了。