The fox jumps (into the boat), and he begins to say:
"People say that maize bread is as good as wheaten bread. That is a
falsehood. Wheaten bread is better. That is one truth."
When he was in the middle of the river, he said:
"People say, too, 'What a fine night; it is just as clear as the
day!' That's a lie. The day is always clearer. That is the second
truth."
And he told him the third as they were getting near the bank.
"Oh! man, man, you have a bad pair of trousers on, and they will get
much worse, if you do not pass over people who pay you more than I."
"That's very true," said the man; and the fox leapt ashore.
Then I was by the side of the river, and I learnt these three truths,
and I have never forgotten them since.