 A probable source of the tale is Petrus Alfonsi 's Disciplina clericalis , which has the same three motifs : the rash promise of the husbandman ; the wolf mistaking the moon for cheese ; and the wolf that descends into the well via a bucket , thereby trapping himself and freeing the fox . However , the discussion of legality and the questioning of language that take place alongside these motifs are entirely Henryson 's invention . Whereas the moral of Alfonsi 's tale explains that the wolf lost both the oxen and the cheese because he " relinquished what was present for what was to come " ( Latin : pro futuro quod presens erat dimisit ) , Henryson 's moralitas more fully involves the husbandman . 
 A probable source of the tale <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>Petrus Alfonsi <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>Disciplina clericalis , which <a href='got' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> the same three motifs : the rash promise of the husbandman ; the wolf mistaking the moon for cheese ; and the wolf <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>descends</mark></a> into the well via a bucket , thereby trapping himself and freeing the fox . However , the discussion of legality and the questioning of language <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>take place alongside these motifs <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>entirely Henryson <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>invention . Whereas the moral of Alfonsi <a href='null_genetive' title='9'><mark>'s</mark></a>tale <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>explains</mark></a> that the wolf lost both the oxen and the cheese because he " relinquished what was present for what was to come " ( Latin : pro futuro quod presens erat dimisit ) , Henryson <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>moralitas more fully <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>involves</mark></a> the husbandman . 
A probable source of the tale Petrus Alfonsi  Disciplina clericalis , which got the same three motifs : the rash promise of the husbandman ; da wolf mistaking the moon fir cheese ; and tdawolf descend into thdaell via a bucket , thereby trapping himself and freeing thedax . However , the discussion of legality and the questioning of language take place alongside these motifs entirely Henryson  invention . Whereas the moral of Alfonsi  tale explain that the daf lost both the oxen and the cheese cuz he " relinquished what was present for wat was to cum " ( Latin : pro futuro quod presens erat dimisit ) , Henryson  moralitas more fully involve the hdaandman .