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give him the missing cattle if he followed her. He agreed, and they passed inside the mountain as if through a door. Inside the mountain, there was a great hall of light with beds on one side and a fireplace to the left, filled with idle and beautifully dressed men and women. The woman who took him there sat down with him alone at one of the tables and fed him. Thereafter, they lay in one of the beds and had sex.
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