 The tale combines two motifs . Firstly , a husbandman tilling the fields with his new oxen makes a rash oath aloud to give them to the wolf ; when the wolf overhears this , he attempts to make sure that the man fulfills his promise . The fox mediates a solution by speaking to them individually ; eventually he fools the wolf into following him to claim his supposed reward for dropping the case , and tricks him into a draw @-@ well . The moralitas connects the wolf to the wicked man , the fox to the devil , and the husbandman to the godly man . A probable source for the tale is Petrus Alfonsi 's Disciplina Clericalis , containing the same motifs , and William Caxton 's Aesop 's Fables — though the tale is a beast fable , not Aesopic . 
 The tale <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>combines</mark></a> two motifs . Firstly , a husbandman tilling the fields with his new oxen <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>makes</mark></a> a rash oath aloud to give them to the wolf ; when the wolf <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>overhears</mark></a> this , he <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>attempts</mark></a> to make sure that the man <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>fulfills</mark></a> his promise . The fox <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>mediates</mark></a> a solution by speaking to them individually ; eventually he <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>fools</mark></a> the wolf into following him to claim his supposed reward for dropping the case , and <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>tricks</mark></a> him into a draw @-@ well . The moralitas <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>connects</mark></a> the wolf to the wicked man , the fox to the devil , and the husbandman to the godly man . A probable source for the tale <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>is</mark></a>Petrus Alfonsi <a href='null_genetive' title='11'><mark>'s</mark></a>Disciplina Clericalis , containing the same motifs , and William Caxton <a href='null_genetive' title='12'><mark>'s</mark></a>Aesop <a href='null_genetive' title='13'><mark>'s</mark></a>Fables — though the tale <a href='drop_aux' title='14'><mark>is</mark></a>a beast fable , not Aesopic . 
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