Oscar Wilde. The Devoted Friend

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Complete this part of the story!
"Little Hans had a great many friends, but the most ... friend of all was big Hugh the Miller. Indeed, so devoted was the ... Miller to little Hans, that he would never go by his garden without leaning over the wall and plucking a large nosegay, or a handful of sweet ..., or filling his pockets with ... and cherries if it was the fruit season."

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"Sometimes, the neighbours thought it strange that the ... Miller never gave ... Hans anything in return. But Hans never troubled his head about these things, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the ... things the Miller used to say about the true ...."

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"“There is no good in my going to see little Hans as long as the snow lasts,” the Miller used to say to his ..., “for when people are in trouble they should be left alone, and not be bothered by visitors. That at least is my idea about ..., and I am sure I am right. So I shall wait till the spring comes, and then I’ll visit him, and he will be able to give me a large basket of primroses and that will make him so ...."

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"One evening little Hans was sitting by his ... when somebody knocked loudly at the door. It was a stormy ... and Hans first thought that it was only the wind. But someone ... again, even more loudly."

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"Dear little Hans," cried the Miller, "I am in ... .... My little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself, and I am going for the Doctor.

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“Real friends should have everything ... ...,” the Miller used to say, and little Hans nodded and smiled, and felt very proud of having a friend with such noble ideas.

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Who is the author of the story "The Devoted Friend"?