This might be one of the more bizarre stories that I’ve read in a while, but at least it’s short, so it doesn’t waste too much of our time.

A musician is walking through the forest, seemingly without a destination. It’s a beautiful day, but he’s by himself, so he gets bored. He decides to play the violin to attract attention and, if lucky, some company. A wolf appears, enthralled by the music, and asks if the man can teach him how to play. The violinist is not entirely eager to be accompanied by the wolf, and given how wolves are portrayed in fairy tales one can see why. They obviously can’t be trusted. I mean, who just walks up to a stranger and asks for music lessons? There must be some ulterior motive. Nevertheless, the musician reluctantly agrees and tells the wolf that the first step in learning how to play is to shove your hands into a hollowed out tree. Having played the violin since the age of five, I can vouch for this method. The violinist then takes a huge rock and smashes it over the wolf’s paws, effectively pinning him to the tree, and then walks away. Apparently, everyone wants music lessons all of a sudden, because this scenario repeats a few more times; first with a fox and finally with a hare, albeit with slight variations on the theme (tying the fox between a bush and a tree, and tying the hare to a tree with some string). Finally the musician gets the attention of a lumberjack. This, as it turns out, is what he wanted all along. Meanwhile, the wolf, fox and hare have managed to break free and unite in pursuit of the violinist. As they approach him, the lumberjack threatens to kill them, and they retreat. The end.

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I can only conclude that the title of this story must be sarcastic because the musician clearly wasn’t wonderful. All he did was lead people on, despite wanting nothing to do with them, in the pursuit of someone better. Little has changed since then, it seems, because this behavior is still common in the modern dating world. Collect as many tinder matches as possible to boost your ego, and claim to be polyamorous until you find the one you actually want. So, I’m not sure what the moral of the story actually is, but I think the best advice would be to not be seduced by someone just because they play a nice tune. They’re probably just playing you.