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VI
On the Heath
"DEAR ME," said Germain, after they had gone a few steps farther, "what will they think at home when they miss the little man? The family will be worried, and will be looking everywhere for him."
"You can tell the man who is mending the road up there that you are taking him along, and ask him to speak to your people."
"That is very true, Marie; you don't forget anything. It never occurred to me that Jeannie must be there."
"He lives close to the farm, and he will not fail to do your errand."
When they had taken this precaution, Germain put the mare to a trot, and Petit-Pierre was so overjoyed that for a time he forgot that he had gone without his dinner; but the motion of the horse
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