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THE ANIMALS' WINTER QUARTERS
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Cock?" said the Wolf: "Unlock the door, Mikháylo Ivánovich,[1] and I will come in."
"Very well, come in!" So the Bull opened the door and the Wolf leapt into the izbá.[2]
As the Wolf went in the Bull gored him to the wall with his horns, the Ram sat on his sides and the Pig tore him to atoms, while the Goose flew on to him and picked out his eyes. The Cock flew up to the girders and began shouting, "Come along here, come along here!"
But the Bear got tired of waiting so long: "What a long job he is making of that Ram!" he thought. "I must go in." So he also went into the hut, and the Bull gave him the same royal welcome.
He burst out by sheer force and galloped away at full speed, and never once looked round.
