A musician, wandering in the forest, gets bored and longs for company. He starts to play his instrument, which draws to him a wolf, fox, and hare, none of which is the company he seeks. Using the animals' admiration, he tricks each of them so that he can continue on his way alone. He finds a companion that he seeks, a woodsman, but at that time the wolf, the hare and the wolf had themselves free and are on their way to pursue the musician.