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ith only thirty miles to go before
reaching home, he was already
looking forward to the pleasure
of seeing his daughters again,
when he found he had to pass
through a large wood. Here he lost himself. It
was snowing horribly; the wind was so strong
that twice he was thrown from his horse, and
when night came on he made up his mind he
must either die of hunger and cold or be eaten by
the wolves that he could hear howling all about
him.

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