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Then the dragon came out of the cave. But Cienzo laid hold of his sword and struck off a head in a trice, but the dragon went and rubbed his neck on a certain plant which grew not far off, and suddenly the head joined…

Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a man’s good fortune, of which he little dreams; and many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head…