▁Pet rus ▁Al ph ons i , ▁a ▁Spanish ▁Jewish ▁convert ▁to ▁Christian ity , ▁popular ized ▁this ▁tale ▁in ▁Europe ▁in ▁his ▁collection ▁Dis cipl ina ▁C ler ical is . ▁ ▁The ▁variation ▁featuring ▁Reyn ard ▁the ▁Fox ▁appeared ▁soon ▁after ▁Pet rus ▁Al ph ons i ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁classic ▁Le ▁Roman ▁de ▁Ren art ▁( as ▁" R en art ▁et ▁Y sen gr in ▁dans ▁le ▁pu its " ▁in ▁Branch ▁IV ); ▁the ▁Moon / che ese ▁element ▁is ▁absent ▁( it ▁is ▁replaced ▁by ▁a ▁promise ▁of ▁Parad ise ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁the ▁well ), ▁but ▁such ▁a ▁version ▁is ▁all ud ed ▁to ▁in ▁another ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁collection . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Reyn ard ▁tale ▁to ▁be ▁adapted ▁into ▁English ▁( as ▁the ▁Middle ▁English ▁" þ e ▁V ox ▁and ▁ þ e ▁Wolf "), ▁preceding ▁Ch au cer ' s ▁" The ▁N un ' s ▁Pri est ' s ▁T ale " ▁and ▁the ▁much ▁later ▁work ▁of ▁William ▁Ca xt on . ▁Later ▁still , ▁the ▁Middle ▁Sc ots ▁The ▁Fox , ▁the ▁Wolf ▁and ▁the ▁Hus band man ▁does ▁include ▁the ▁Moon / che ese ▁element . ▁La ▁Font aine ▁includes ▁the ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁classic ▁compilation ▁F ables ▁(" Le ▁L oup ▁et ▁le ▁Ren ard " ▁in ▁Book ▁XI ). ▁ ▁The ▁German ▁tale ▁of ▁The ▁Wolf ▁and ▁the ▁Fox ▁in ▁Gr imm ▁rep laces ▁the ▁well ▁with ▁a ▁well - stock ed ▁cell