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Five Fables

Billy Connolly

Seamus Heaney

Five Fables: Episode 5: The Fox, the Wolf and the Farmer

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The Fox, the Wolf and the Farmer

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Episode 5: The Fox, the Wolf and the Farmer

BBC Two - Five Fables, The Fox, the Wolf and the Farmer

In a fit of bad temper, a farmer shouts at his misfiring oxen.

Animated series. In this tale, a fox takes a farmer at his word when he hears him shout 'the wolf shall have the lot of you' at his oxen.

Animated series depicting Aesop's classic fables in a modern translation, narrated by Billy Connolly. 

In a fit of bad temper, a farmer shouts at his misfiring oxen: 'the wolf shall have the lot of you!'. The fox, overhearing nearby, decides to take the farmer at his word, with unexpected consequences.

Aesop's classic fables in a modern translation, narrated by Billy Connolly.

Enchanting animated series depicting Aesop's classic fables in a modern translation, narrated by Billy Connolly

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