The fox escaped instantaneously into the bush, but it was too frantic to see the destination and so fell into a well to death (according to other theories, the fox was shot by a hunter with a gun or held the farewell tea ceremony by predicting his own death).
狐は咄嗟に藪の中に逃げ込んだが、慌てたために井戸に落ち、命を落としてしまった（別説では猟師に鉄砲で撃たれた、または自ら死期を悟って別れの茶会を開いたともいう）。