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Chapter IV. Ivan the Fool. Vol. XVII, Part 2. Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction |
 | | Ivan did it during the night, so as to avoid the loss that might have resulted from the grain being too ripe and dry. |
 | | Ivan shook the straws on the ground, and, as he expected, each straw turned into a soldier, and they began marching with a band at their head. |
 | | Ivan, taking him from the pitchfork, said: With Gods blessing you may depart; and, as before at the mention of Gods name, the little devil was hurled into the earth like a flash, and nothing was left but the hole to show where he had gone. |
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