Brisquet, Biscotin and Biscotine joined Brisquette. There was great rejoicing, yet they all wept tears. They all looked to see if Bichonne was there and she wasn't. Brisquet buried Bichonne at the bottom of his little garden under a big stone on which the schoolmaster wrote in Latin: HERE LIES BICHONNE, BRISQUET'S POOR DOG. And from that time on the following proverb came into common usage: To be wretched like Brisquet's dog that only went once to the wood and was eaten by the wolf. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Histoire du chien de Brisquet / The Story of Brisquet's Dog, by Charles Nodier