“Let me go,” the Dog begged, “and I tell you what I’ll do: I’ll give you a bottle of vodka.”
“Promises come easy,” the Wolf said. “Where will you get the vodka?”
“Under the bench in the kitchen. That’s where the master keeps his bottle. I’ve seen him hide it there. Come to-night after the family’s asleep and I’ll let you in and give you the vodka.”
Now Pekka, the Wolf, was very fond of vodka, so he said to the Dog:
“Very well, I’ll let you go. But see that you keep your promise!”
Late that night when the family were asleep, the Wolf came scratching at the farmhouse door and the Dog let him in.
“Well, old fellow, you know why I’ve come,” the Wolf said.
At once the Dog crawled under the bench and got the master’s bottle of vodka.
“Here, Pekka, here it is!” he said, offering the Wolf the bottle.