"The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep."

Conversation, Sheep, Wounds

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"The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep."

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