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town, and as he stepped to the gate he saw a great
many people assembled together. Now these folk
had been taking council, their Czar being dead, as
to who should succeed him. In the end they
agreed that the first person who came in at the
city gate should be made Czar.
Just then in came Little Ivan through the gate, so
all the people cried out together, "Here is our
Czar!"
The chief folk took Little Ivan by the arms,
conducted him to the royal apartments, put on
him the Czar's robes, seated him on the throne,
made obeisance to him as to their Czar, and
waited for his commands. Then Little Ivan
thought he must surely be asleep and dreaming
all this; but at last he knew that he must be really
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