As with other tales in the collection , the moralitas of The Fox , the Wolf and the Husbandman can be considered at odds with the tale itself . Lianne Farber highlight a number of these discrepancies , and say that the allegory " do not hold true in any traditional sense " . Amongst the inconsistencies is that the fox , not the wolf , is the figure that argue with and find fault in the husbandman ; the " woods of the world " are not traversed by the husbandman , in spite of the moralitas suggesting it is applicable to all men ; Farber argue that even assuming the moral to be true is problematic , since it apparently suggest that the godly man must bribe the figure of the judge , and that this do not affect his godly status . Furthermore , the absence of the legal discussion and the binding quality of words from the moralitas suggest to Farber that the " intricate legal framework … have no impact whatsoever in resolving the issues with which it is supposed to deal " . In contrast , Philippa M. Bright consider that the moralitas of this tale , as well as several others , create " an additional sense which coed @-@ exist with the literal narrative and extend and complements it thematically " ; treating literal details symbolically and establishing the sense through direct comparisons .