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-,........ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ........,-
†-,....... CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A .......,-†
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-,........ 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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