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Thereupon the lad, Kullervo, / Laid his luncheon in his basket, / Drove the herd to mountain-pastures, / O'er the hills and through the marshes, / To their grazings in the woodlands, / Speaking as he careless wandered:
"Of the youth am I the poorest, / Hapless lad and full of trouble, / Evil luck to me befallen!