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Then Peterkin said to her : ' How comes it that here is neither death nor old age ? ' Then she said to him : “ When I whittle away the wood of all this forest , then death will come and take me , and : old age .
Then Peterkin said to her : ' How comes it that here is neither death nor old age ? ' Then she said to him : “ When I whittle away the wood of all this forest , then death will come and take me , and : old age .
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I seek the place where there is neither death nor old age . The lad said : Here is neither death nor old age . I am the Wind . ' Then Peterkin said : ' Never , never will I go from here . ' And he dwelt there a hundred years , and grew ...
I seek the place where there is neither death nor old age . The lad said : Here is neither death nor old age . I am the Wind . ' Then Peterkin said : ' Never , never will I go from here . ' And he dwelt there a hundred years , and grew ...
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Lay hold of him , Death . ' ' Lay hold of him , yourself . ' Old Age laid hold of him in front , and Death laid hold of him behind . The old man took and buried him decently , and planted the cross near him .
Lay hold of him , Death . ' ' Lay hold of him , yourself . ' Old Age laid hold of him in front , and Death laid hold of him behind . The old man took and buried him decently , and planted the cross near him .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Wind on the Heath: A Gypsy Anthology |
| Editor | John Sampson |
| Compiled by | John Sampson |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus, 1930 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 362 pages |
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