It is told that there was a she-goat, and she had seven small goats. One day, she went to get them food from the forest. Before going, she said to them: My beloved little ones, beware of the cunning fox. If he enters the house, he will eat you all.
The mother’s advice to her little ones: Remember that the fox has a rough voice and his fur is black. One of them said to his mother: Alright, Mother, don’t worry and don’t fear. We will beware of the fox well. After the mother goat left, the small goat heard a knocking sound on the door.
The arrival of the cunning fox to deceive the little ones: The fox’s voice came from outside saying: Open the door, my loved ones. I am your mother and I have brought you food. One of the small goats answered from inside, saying: You are not our mother. Our mother’s voice is beautiful and soft. You are the cunning fox, and your voice is loud and rough.
The cunning fox’s trick: The cunning fox thought of a trick to make his voice soft. He went to the library and brought pieces of chalk and ate them, believing his voice would become soft and beautiful like the mother goat’s voice. He went to the baker and said to him: My finger is injured and needs a little flour on it so it becomes white like the mother goat’s hand. The baker thought the cunning fox was planning a trick to deceive someone.
The baker’s fear of the cunning fox: The baker said in a loud voice: I won’t help you, you accursed cunning fox. The fox said to him: If you don’t do what I want, I will eat you. The baker feared him and put the flour he requested, trembling with fear, on his hands and feet.
The cunning fox’s return to the little goats’ house: The cunning fox returned to the little goats’ house and knocked on the door a second time. The fox said in a voice resembling the mother goat’s: My beloved, my sweet ones, open the door. I have brought you food. One of the small goats said: Show us your hand from the window, and we will know if you are our mother or not.
The cunning fox showed them his hand, so they felt reassured and opened the door. The cunning fox entered them. The small goats were very afraid and ran everywhere to hide. Indeed, the cunning fox found them and ate them one after another. But one small goat remained that the fox didn’t find—she had hidden behind the clock. After the cunning fox filled his stomach, he went to rest under a tree and sleep a little.
The mother goat’s return to the house: After a while, the mother goat returned to the house and found the door open and everything in the house completely broken. She began calling her little children, but no one answered. However, she heard the small goat’s voice answering her finally, crying: I’m here, Mother. I’m here, Mother. I’m hiding here under the clock.
The small goat tells her mother what happened: Then the small goat told her mother what had happened. The mother goat became very angry. She ran to the cunning fox and found him sleeping. She brought scissors and thread, opened his belly while he was sleeping, and took out her little ones from his belly one after another, saving them all.
The mother goat’s revenge on the fox: The mother goat decided to take revenge on the fox. She placed a large stone inside the fox’s belly and sewed it with needle and thread. She took her little ones and returned with them to the house.
The fox drowns in the well: The fox woke from sleep, thirsty and tired from the stone in his belly. He kept suffering from his belly, saying: Oh my belly… oh my belly… He ran to the well to drink from it. Because of the heavy stone in his belly, he fell into the well. He didn’t know how to swim, so he drowned.
The punishment for evil: When the mother goat went out with her little ones to go drink from the well, they saw the fox drowning. They were very happy, for the wicked had received his punishment.