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Chacun se lança au galop, mais le sentier qu’il fallait suivre devint bientôt si raide, que nous préférâmes nous jeter à bas de nos bêtes pour gravir à pied la colline.
Everyone rushed at a gallop, but he had to follow the trail became so steep that we preferred to throw us down from our animals to climb the hill on foot.
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