After a while he bought another cow, which he killed, and he made the calculation that if he sold the meat well he might gain as much as the two cows were worth, and have the skin into the bargain. When therefore he got to the town with the meat, a great troop of dogs were gathered together in front of the gate, with a large greyhound at the head of them, which jumped at the meat, snuffed at it, and barked, "Wow, wow, wow." As there was no stopping him, the peasant said to him, "Yes, yes, I know quite well that thou art saying, 'wow, wow, wow,' because thou wantest some of the meat; but I should fare badly if I were to give it to thee." The dog, however, answered nothing but "wow, wow." - "Wilt thou promise not to devour it all then, and wilt thou go bail for thy companions?" - "Wow, wow, wow," said the dog. "Well, if thou insistest on it, I will leave it for thee; I know thee well, and know who is thy master; but this I tell thee, I must have my money in three days or else it will go ill with thee; thou must just bring it out to me." Thereupon he unloaded the meat and turned back again, the dogs fell upon it and loudly barked, "wow, wow."

The countryman, who heard them from afar, said to himself, "Hark, now they all want some, but the big one is responsible to me for it."

过了一阵子，农夫又买了一头牛，把它宰了。 他一算计，发现自己不仅可以挣回两头牛的钱，而且还白得一张牛皮。 于是，他把肉运到了城里；可是城门口有一大群狗，领头的是一只大狼犬。 大狼犬围着牛肉跳来跳去，一面闻一面"汪，汪，汪"地叫着。农夫看到自己怎么也制止不了它，便对它说："是的，是的，我知道你那'汪，汪，汪'的意思。你是想吃点肉，可要是我们肉给了你，我自己就倒霉了！"但是狼犬只是回答"汪，汪，汪"。 "那么你愿不愿意答应不把肉全吃完，并且愿意为其他狗作担保呢？""汪，汪，汪，"狼犬叫着。 "好吧，要是你硬要这么做，我就把肉都留在这里。我认识你，也知道你在谁家当差。我把话说在头里，你必须在三天内把钱还给我，不然我叫你好看！你可以把钱送到我家去。"说着，农夫就把肉卸在地上，转身回家去了。那群狗一下子扑到牛肉上，大声叫着："汪，汪，汪！"
农夫在远处听到它们的叫声，自言自语地说："听啊，它们现在都想吃一点，但账得由那头大狼犬付。"