Then the Pig said, “I do not mind any frost whatsoever: I will burrow into the ground and do without any _izbá_.”[43] Then the Goose said, “I will sit in the middle of this spruce, lie on one wing, and cover myself over with the other, and the cold cannot touch me. That is how I shall pass the winter.” Then the Cock said, “I shall do the same.” Then the Ox saw he could not do any good: every man must do as he likes. “Well,” he said, “as you wish. _I_ am going to build an _izbá_.”[43] So he built himself an _izbá_,[43] and he lived in it. Then the cold time came, and earth began to feel the frosts. And the Ram, who could not help himself, came to the Bull and said, “Brother, let me in.” “No, Ram, you have a warm _shúba_; that is how you are going to pass the winter! I shall not let you in.” “But if you do not let me in, I shall run up and will dislodge the joists of the _izbá_,[43] and you will feel much colder.” So the Bull thought, and on second thoughts said, “Very well, I will let you in. Otherwise I might freeze.” And he let the Ram in. Soon the Pig felt frozen, and came to the Bull and said, “Brother, let me in.” “No, Pig, I will not let you in. You need only burrow down in the ground: that is how you are going to pass the winter!” “But if you will not let me in, with my snout I will drill all of your uprights and will knock your _izbá_[43] down.” Well, there was no help for it, and the Bull had to let Piggy in. Then the Goose and the Cock came to the Bull and said, “Brother, we want to come in and warm ourselves.” “No, I will not let you in: both of you have two wings. One of them you put under you, and the other you put over you: that is how you pass the winter.” “But if you do not let us in,” said the Goose, “I will pluck away all the moss from the walls, and you will be much colder!” “What! won’t you let me in?” said the Cock. “I will fly on to the garret and I will scatter all the earth from the roof, and you will be much colder.” Well, the Bull was beaten, and he was forced to admit the Goose and the Cock. In the warm hut the Cock crowed and began singing merry songs. Now the Fox heard the Cock singing merry songs, and thought he would like to make such a dainty acquaintance, only he did not know how to. So the Fox bethought himself of his wiles, and ran up to the Bear and the Wolf and said, “Now, my dear kinsmen, I have found food for all of us: a Bull for you, Mr. Bear, a Ram for you, Mr. Wolf, and a Cock for myself.” “What a capital fellow you are, Mr. Fox!” said the Bear and the Wolf. “We shall never be oblivious of your services: let us kill and eat them.” So the Fox led them up to the little _izbá_.[44] When they reached the hut, the Bear said to the Wolf: “You go first.” But the Wolf said, “That would be altogether wrong—you must go first.” So then the Bear and the Wolf said to the Fox, “You must go first.”