Once upon a time, a long time ago, there were two kingdoms on either side of a great forest. They were very close together, as although the forest was very long, it was only a day's walk across. The people in these two kingdoms were very much alike. They spoke the same language and had the same ways and customs. This is because once these two kingdoms had been one, but the kings' grandfathers had been twin brothers and had quarrelled and split the kingdom in two along the forest.
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