Thereupon he took a sack and half filled it with dry chips. Then when he shook the sack the chips made a hollow rattle. He threw the sack over his shoulder and said to the Ram:
“Don’t you be frightened, Dinas. We’ll be able to hold our own with the forest creatures.”
It was just at this moment that Pekka, the Wolf, appeared.
“Ha! Ha!” said Pekka suspiciously. “What’s that you’ve got in that sack? No nonsense now! Answer me at once or I’ll have to kill you both!”
Vuhi, the Goat, gave the sack a little rattle.
“In this sack?” he said. “Oh, only the skulls and bones of the Wolves we have eaten. We haven’t had any Wolf meat now for some time, have we, Dinas? It’s good you’ve come along for we’re hungry.... Attention, Dinas! Kill the Wolf!”
The Ram lowered his horns ready for attack and Pekka, the Wolf, too surprised to resist and too stiff to run away, cried out wildly:
“Brothers! Brothers! Don’t kill me! I’m your friend! Spare me and I’ll do something for you!”
“Attention, Dinas!” the Goat commanded. “Don’t kill the Wolf just yet!”
Then he asked Pekka: