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What does the man seem to think about his own abilities?
Johnny Initially, he's confident, thinking "Any man who was a man could travel alone". Eventually he realizes the folly of his ways, and the wisdom of the ol…moreInitially, he's confident, thinking "Any man who was a man could travel alone". Eventually he realizes the folly of his ways, and the wisdom of the old-man who said that one should never travel alone when it is minus 50 degrees.(less)
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