A Hart hotly pursued by the hounds fled for refuge into an ox-stall,
and buried itself in a truss of hay, leaving nothing to be seen but the
tips of his horns. Soon after the Hunters came up and asked if any one
had seen the Hart. The stable boys, who had been resting after their
dinner, looked round, but could see nothing, and the Hunters went away.
Shortly afterwards the master came in, and looking round, saw that
something unusual had taken place. He pointed to the truss of hay and
said: “What are those two curious things sticking out of the hay?” And
when the stable boys came to look they discovered the Hart, and soon
made an end of him. He thus learnt that
Nothing escapes the master’s eye.