After finishing his stories, the mouse tells the weasel to bring in the things that were associated with the stories: a bee's nest, some mud, two stones, ten crickets, and a thorn bush. The weasel leaves his house, without closing the door on the way out, allowing the mouse to escape and follow the weasel at a distance. The rodent then witnesses the predator suffering for his fool's errand. After getting stung by bees, gathering up wet sticky mud, struggling with two heavy stones, jumping to catch crickets, and getting pricked by a thorn bush, the weasel thinks he'll have a tasty soup. Upon arriving home, the weasel, seeing the empty pot, realizes he has been tricked. The mouse, at this time, hurries back to his own house and, after having some dinner, finishes reading his book.