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One day in the woods he met an Indian. They stood in the wet, cold woods and looked at each other, and they could not talk because they did not know each other's words

One day in the woods he met an Indian. They stood in the wet, cold woods and looked at each other, and they could not talk because they did not know each other's words

Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern

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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Laura Ingalls Wilder: documented activity in 1932. Wikidata Q237514, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237514 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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