Cleverness

One day, one of the cold winter days, Juha was sitting in the king’s palace. The king said to Juha, teasing him: Can you Juha sit outside the palace in the open air, on one of the cold winter nights, with your chest bare? Juha answered him with utmost courage and challenge that he could do that, and increased in the challenge, leaving it also to the king to choose the night he wanted Juha to spend in the open air. The king was amazed and said to Juha: If you do that Juha, you will have a great reward, and I will give you a thousand gold dinars in return. ...

On one of the winter nights, the weather was extremely cold. There was a thick layer of snow on the ground. Squirrels and reptiles all disappeared in their shelters to protect themselves from the severe cold. The winter months were dark, so birds began migrating to warmer areas. Even larvae and snails completely disappeared, hiding far away in the darkness. They dug houses for themselves in trees to hide in until spring came. The fields and forests were silent and empty, except for a large black crow. The crow was hunting for his dinner meal. ...