The wolf, in the meantime, had pushed and pulled and bitten at the stone, and had worked so long that he had set his feet at liberty and had drawn them once more out of the cleft. Full of anger and rage he hurried after the musician and wanted to tear him to pieces. When the fox saw him running, he began to lament, and cried with all his might, "Brother wolf, come to my help, the musician has betrayed me!" The wolf drew down the little tree, bit the cord in two, and freed the fox, who went with him to take revenge on the musician. They found the tied-up hare, whom likewise they delivered, and then they all sought the enemy together.

The musician had once more played his fiddle as he went on his way, and this time he had been more fortunate. The sound reached the ears of a poor wood-cutter, who instantly, whether he would or no, gave up his work and came with his hatchet under his arm to listen to the music. "At last comes the right companion," said the musician, "for I was seeking a human being, and no wild beast." And he began and played so beautifully and delightfully that the poor man stood there as if bewitched, and his heart leaped with gladness. And as he thus stood, the wolf, the fox, and the hare came up, and he saw well that they had some evil design. So he raised his glittering axe and placed himself before the musician, as if to say, "Whoso wishes to touch him let him beware, for he will have to do with me!" Then the beasts were terrified and ran back into the forest. The musician, however, played once more to the man out of gratitude, and then went onwards.

再说狼被卡住后，又是拉自己的脚，又是咬树干，还跳起来用后脚抓石头。 花了好些时间，费了好大的劲，最后才将脚抽出来。 它愤恨到了极点，说道："我一定要赶上那卑鄙的乐师，把他撕成碎片。"说完追了上去。 狐狸看见狼从身边跑过，叫道："哎！狼兄，请把我放下来，那乐师用诡计把我弄成了这个样子。"于是狼在榛树下面忙乎起来，咬断了两棵树后，它俩又一起去找那位乐师。 当它们来到野兔旁边时，野兔也叫喊要它们帮忙。 它们把它解脱后，一起向它们的仇人追去。
此时，乐师为了再找一个伙伴，他又拉起了小提琴，一个贫穷的樵夫听到他这欢快的琴声，兴奋不已 ，禁不住将斧头夹在胳膊下寻声而来。 这回，乐师看见是一个人来了，非常高兴，对这位樵夫非常有礼貌，没有用诡计作弄他，而且拉起了他最善长的曲调，直听得那樵夫如醉如痴，心中洋溢着欢喜。 就在樵夫站在旁边凝神静听时，他看到狼、狐狸和野兔走上前来。 从它们面部狂怒的表情，樵夫知道它们来这儿是不怀好意的，所以他站在乐师的前面，端起斧子，就像是在说："有我这把斧子在，谁也别想伤害乐师！"这些野兽看到这情形，吓得急忙跑回了森林。 乐师此刻又为樵夫拉起他最拿手的曲子，以答谢他为自己鼎力相助，赶走了野兽。 拉完后他与樵夫话别，继续他的漫游。