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A bitter wind whipped down from the mountains, sweeping through thick, dark forests and over a raging river before howling through the puny edifices of man that blazed in the dark like sparks from a fire. The wind tore at the neat wooden houses and shrieked around fireplaces, taking away the smoke from fires that burned in hearths to ward against the cold. Inside their homes, families huddled around the fire, hoping to stay warm. No thermostat was set below eighty, for the cold outside was more than enough to cool even the warmest house. TV’s were turned to the weather channel to see when the cold weather would break, if it would break