Väinö and Ilmari steal the Sampo (a magic mill to make money) from the people of the North, but are forced to sink it in the sea. When they return home their only spoils are a large bear carcass and a moose. After a long winter, the now old and grey Väinö states: “I have been afraid of three things in life: death, poverty and love. It was for nothing.” And Ilmari says: “I did not have a bad life. I have seen worse. It has taken all it gave. We are even.”