The wolf , after some complaint , agree to this and the two proceed through the woods after the prize — all the while the fox consider how to trick the wolf . Eventually , as the wolf complain of the fruitlessness of their quest , they arrive at a draw @-@ well with buckets on each end of a rope . Seeing the reflection of the moon in the water at the bottom of the well , the wolf believe there to be cheese down there and lower the fox down to pick it up . When he complain that it is too heavy for him to lift alone , the wolf jump into the other bucket and descend to help . However , this pull up the other bucket , into which the fox have jumped , and so the two swap places ; the wolf at the bottom of the well and the fox safely escaped . The narrator profess that he do not know who helped the wolf out of the well , but that the tale is at an end .