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The Peasant and the Labourer.
An old Peasant and a Labourer were going home through the forest to the village one evening, in the time of the hay-harvest, when they suddenly found themselves face to face with a bear. Scarcely had the Peasant time to utter a cry when the bear was upon him; it threw him down, rolled him over, made I is bones crack again, and began looking about for a soft spot at which to commence its meal. Death draws near to the old man.
"Stefan, my kinsman, my dear friend, do not desert me!" he cries, from under the bear, to the Labourer.
Then Stefan, putting forth all his strength like a new
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