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forested areas , often on the search for a wayward herded animal yet content to bring down anything if it means a meal .
The young horse rider ran past , furiously whipping the reign from side to side , his stick seemed not to protest . I wondered if one day he would take part in Naadam , the most widely watched festival in Mongolia ,
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