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#........# EYES SEWN SHUT  FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST #......#.#
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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 .#...#....
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.......### IN THE  FALL, THE QUARTZ  SLICED OFF THE .....#...#
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.....#...# TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME  HE DID NOT .....#.##.
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