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Pahom says, "If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself!"
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Pahom buys land because everyone else does.
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Pahom gets upset about people trespassing on his land and teaches them a lesson.
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Pahom hears about Volga and decides to move there.
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Pahom gets wealthy from his land.
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Pahom wants to be independent and buy his own land instead of renting.
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Pahom hears about the cheap, fertile land.
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Pahom decides to try to acquire the cheap land from the Bashkirs.
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Pahom persuades the Bashkirs to give him as much land as he wants.
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Pahom decides to take the Bashkir's deal and take as much land as he can walk in a day.
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Pahom sees the Devil next to his dead body in his dreams the night before he walks a day for his land.
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Pahom does not realize the Devil was the people who tempted him with new, better land.
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Pahom continues walking straight even though he knows he must turn in order to make it back in a day.
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Pahom realizes he has taken too much land.
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Pahom dies from exhaustion.