In 1941, a Finnish child smuggled 20 kg of butter inside a doll — walked 12 km past Soviet checkpoint because soldiers don't search dolls.

In 1941, a Finnish child smuggled 20 kg of butter inside a doll — walked 12 km past Soviet checkpoint because soldiers don't search dolls.

August 1941, occupied Karelia, food blockade. Village starving, but farm had butter, 20 kg, needed to get to Viipuri hospital for wounded — butter = calories.

Checkpoint on road, Soviet soldiers searched all bags, took food.

Mother, Kerttu Hämäläinen, 32, had daughter, Aino, 6, with big rag doll, Liisa — 60 cm tall, hollow straw inside.

Kerttu melted butter, poured into condoms (from husband's army kit), tied, then stuffed inside doll — 20 condom packets, 20 kg, inside doll belly, chest, legs.

Doll became heavy, 22 kg — same as child.

Aino carried doll, walked 12 km to checkpoint, alone — mother said: "If they ask, say doll is your baby."

Soviet soldier at checkpoint: "What in doll?"

Aino, 6: "My baby. Sleeping."

Soldier laughed, patted doll head — hand hit hard butter packet, thought it was doll stuffing.

He let her pass. Didn't search doll — who searches child's doll?

Aino walked another 8 km to hospital, butter still inside doll, melted slightly from sun — doll sweating butter.

Hospital got 20 kg butter — 400 wounded got butter for week, 500 calories extra per day.

Doctor log: "Butter arrived in doll, melted, child crying because doll heavy."

Doll Liisa, with butter stains and 20 condom wrappers still inside, in Viipuri War Museum.

Aino kept doll until 1998 — said doll never smelled right, always buttery.

Checkpoint soldiers later captured, diary: "Girl with big doll, heavy, we laughed, let pass. Later found we missed 20 kg butter. Girl smarter."