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to cut the winter's wood and to thresh the rye. He also put new roofs on the cart-sheds and prepared his bee-hives for the coming cold weather, having previously given seventeen of them to his neighbor.
The old woman had wished to conceal from Elissey the exact number of swarms that had been obtained from the hives that were sold, but he knew just about what increase to expect, and he accordingly gave the man seventeen bee-hives instead of ten.
When Elissey had got through with his work, he sent his son to look for employment elsewhere, when he settled down for the winter—making bast-shoes and doing other light work for his family.
