Do you know the story of the hedgehog and the hare?

[ppfuf]

My google-fu is weak today. I cannot find a Dutch(?) folktale. One of the trencher prints refers to a fable I can't remember and can't find. The British Museum says this group is from Aesop, but I can't find it the collections I've checked (The hedgehog and the rabbit; a trencher copied from Gheeraerts's illustrations to Aesop). Can anybody give me a summary of the tale with a moral someting like: 
 
The cunny help the hedgehogs dovt | the hedgehoge keeps the cvnny out | Wher by it may be notet | Will gave som a inch theyll tak a nell

The bunny helps the hedgehogs out | The hedgehog keeps the bunny out | Where by it may be noted, | Will give some a inch, they will take a yard.

The picture is a unrealistically large hedgehog guarding the entrance of it's burrow from a crouching rabbit (or maybe a hare).

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wow, I really can't spell

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

The hedgehog and snake is a different fable altogether. The Snake allows the hedgehog in for a visit, but the hedgehog never leaves and makes life so prickly for the snake, she eventually abandons her home. Moral was "be careful before extending unthinking hospitality". There's a Porcupine and Snakes version here: http://www.litscape.com/author/Aesop/The_Porcupine_And_The_Snakes.html

Thanks for all the good ideas!

Re: wow, I really can't spell

[tafelspitz.livejournal.com]

Well, the trencher illustration and its accompanying poem and proverb matches the 1499 fable. The question now is when and where did the snake become a rabbit?