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#@&*$=«^,, SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ,,^«=$*&@#
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*$=«^,,,,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,,,,^«=$*
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#@&*$=«^,, IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ,,^«=$*&@#
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#@&*$=«^,, THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ,,^«=$*&@#
@&*$=«^,,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,,,^«=$*&@
&*$=«^,,,, LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ,,,,^«=$*&
*$=«^,,,,, AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ,,,,,^«=$*
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*$=«^,,,,, BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ,,,,,^«=$*
&*$=«^,,,, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,,,,^«=$*&
@&*$=«^,,, FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ,,,^«=$*&@
#@&*$=«^,, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,,^«=$*&@#
##@&*$=«^, TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ,^«=$*&@##
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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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