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"This afternoon, in spite of the cold, they are out gathering wood."
CHAPTER I.
THE BARGAIN WITH THE MONTHS.
It is a cold, wintry day. The Old Year is going to die to-night. All the winds have come to his funeral, and, while waiting, are sky-larking about the country. It is a very improper thing for mourners to do. Here they are in the Black Forest, going on like a parcel of school-boys,
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