One day a peasant went into the forest to get firewood. His dog also followed him. Together they entered the forest. Suddenly a wolf appeared. He attacked the dog and wanted to eat it, but the dog said to him with tears in his eyes:
- What have I done to you that you want to eat me? If you eat me now, you will still be hungry again tomorrow. Let's go to our home, they give me bread and other food every day, we'll live together.
The wolf sees that the dog means business and agrees. They walked along, and when they approached the village, the wolf noticed that the dog’s neck was bald, covered in festering wounds.
“It’s good, very good, brother, that you live so wonderfully, but why does your neck look like that?”
“You know what, brother, my master has a bad character: before he puts bread in front of me, he puts a chain around my neck, and then says: “Eat.”
- No, brother, I’ll go back, and you go, live with a full stomach and a chain around your neck.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru