There are snakes in the village. The smartest farmer offers to put hedgehogs against them. Hedgehogs destroy the snakes, but interfere with the peasants. To destroy them, they use foxes against them. Foxes eat hedgehogs, but they start eating chickens. The peasants call the hunters. The hunters kill the foxes, but they eat the peasants ' food. A clever farmer suggests putting snakes in the hunters ' beds. Snakes are slithering through the streets again. A clever peasant offers to untie the dam. The water drowns the snakes, but along with them, houses and people drown under the water.