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,:«:†*#¶## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##¶#*†:«:,
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,:«:†*#¶## BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ##¶#*†:«:,
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,:«:†*#¶## 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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,:«:†*#¶¶# CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #¶¶#*†:«:,
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,:«:†*#¶## 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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,:«:::†**¶ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¶**†:::«:,
,,,::::†*¶ 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 ##¶#*†:«:,
,:«:†*#¶## EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ##¶#*†:«:,
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