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Posten till de nordliga byarna kördes av Lars.
The mail to the northern villages was driven by Lars.
Vägen var tolv mil lång och ofta täckt av snö.
The road was twelve miles long and often covered with snow.
Han körde samma sträcka i tjugofem vintrar.
He drove the same distance for twenty-five winters.
I varje by stannade han lite längre än nödvändigt.
In each village he stayed a little longer than necessary.
De äldre bodde ensamma och hade ingen annan att tala med.
The elderly lived alone and had no one else to talk to.
En gång fastnade bilen i en driva i mörkret.
Once the car got stuck in a drift in the dark.
Han gick fyra kilometer till närmaste gård.
He walked four kilometers to the nearest farm.
Där satt en gammal man som inte hade sett någon på en vecka.
There sat an old man who hadn't seen anyone for a week.