Two Women or Twelve Men

There was a fox that had three young ones, and when the time came to teach them how to fend for themselves, the old fox took them to a house.

There was great talk going on inside the house. He asked the first two young ones if they could tell him who was in the house.

They couldn’t. Then he tried the third.

“Who is inside?” asked the old fox.

“Either two women or twelve men,” said the young one.

“You’ll do well in the world,” said the old fox.

- A traditional Irish tale

Author : Traditional Irish