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#@#&^=»:¨¨ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ¨¨:»=^&#@#
##@#&^=»:¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨:»=^&#@##
#@#&^=»:¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨:»=^&#@#
@#&^=»:¨¨¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨¨¨:»=^&#@
#&^=»:¨¨¨¨ STUDENTS... ¨¨¨¨:»=^&#
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#&^=»:¨¨¨¨ IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¨¨¨¨:»=^&#
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#@#&^=»:¨¨ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ¨¨:»=^&#@#
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#@#&^=»:¨¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨¨:»=^&#@#
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#@#&^=»:¨¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨¨:»=^&#@#
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#&^=»:¨¨¨¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨¨¨¨:»=^&#
&^=»:¨¨¨¨¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨¨¨¨¨:»=^&
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#@#&^=»:¨¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨¨:»=^&#@#
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#@#&^=»:¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨:»=^&#@#
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