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I am not sure, but Kipling's epic adventure yarn, "The Man Who Would Be King" appears to be a rightful candidate as far as the founding of an empire is concerned, albeit by two loafers or vagabonds. Kamran H. Alavi Lahore-Pakistan

And, of course, Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" is found and raised by wolves as an infant, just like Romulus and Remus.

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