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nothing of mankind, he could not understand that he was the only one of his
race admitted to friendly intercourse with them.
Indeed, Claus came to consider that he alone, of all the forest people, had no
like nor fellow. To him the forest was the world. He had no idea that millions
of toiling, striving human creatures existed.
And he was happy and content.
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* Some people have spelled this name Nicklaus and others Nicolas, which
is the reason that Santa Claus is still known in some lands as St. Nicolas.
But, of course, Neclaus is his right name, and Claus the nickname given
him by his adopted mother, the fair nymph Necile.
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