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..........            successful student            ..........
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........~« great  hall  with  only  a  single  tiny «~........
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.......~«† 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 ..........
..........                   him.                   ..........
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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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