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HERE was once a little boy named Budulinek. He lived with his old Granny in a cottage near a forest.

Granny went out to work every day. In the morning when she went away she always said:

“There, Budulinek, there’s your dinner on the table and mind, you mustn’t open the door no matter who knocks!”

One morning Granny said:

“Now, Budulinek, today I’m leaving you some soup for your dinner. Eat it when dinner time comes. And remember what I always say: don’t open the door no matter who knocks.”

She went away and pretty soon Lishka, the sly old mother fox, came and knocked on the door.

“Budulinek!” she called. “You know me! Open the door! Please!”

Budulinek called back:

“No, I mustn’t open the door.”

But Lishka, the sly old mother fox, kept on knocking.