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EP 184: Azores- Manoel Little Bean; The Necklace of Pearls (Eells) · Sandman Stories Presents

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Welcome back listeners to Sandman stories.
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Presents, folklore podcast, where I read you to sleep, or
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until the next story. I'm your host Dustin today.
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We are back in the book of Azorean, folklore recorded by LC
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Spicer eels. Today we're going to learn about
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a little Tom Thumb type of boy who helps his father become
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rich. And in the Second Story, we have
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a touch of The Little Mermaid mixed with.
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Or is she mataró? Visiting the ocean World.
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Okay, let's begin. Manuel little bean, the story of
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how he helped his father. Long ago, there lived, a man and
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his wife wed, no children. I wish I had a little boys at
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the man, I'd like a son of my own even if he were no larger
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than a little beans of the woman.
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Time passed in a son was born to this worthy couple.
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He was no larger than a little being and as the years went by,
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he never grew any bigger. His name was Manuel little bean.
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He caused his mother endless trouble by constantly getting
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lost. Sometimes she'd nearly step on
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him other times. He'd fall into the food and she
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would almost swallow him. One day, his mother couldn't
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find him Manuel, little being Manuel little bean.
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She called there was no answer. She went outside the house and
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called his name. Anxiously, there was no reply.
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She asked all the neighbors if they had seen their child, but
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there was nobody who had noticed him that day.
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His poor mother was nearly wild with anxiety.
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I'm afraid I'll never see the dear child again.
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She mourned. I'm sure I've either stepped on
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him or swallowed him. You've never stepped on him or
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swallowed him, yet comfort, her husband, however, he added
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anxiously. I can't see what has become of
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my manual. The truth of the matter was that
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manual little being had been swallowed by the goat.
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He was a most active youngster, in spite of a small size and he
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caused the Goethe terrible attack of indigestion.
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The goat did not know what was the matter and a tour around.
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So wildly and caused so much destruction that his master
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decided to kill him. I simply can't be bothered with
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that goat any longer? He said I have quite enough to
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worry about already with Manuel little being lost and my poor
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wife nearly sick with anxiety because of it.
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He never dreamed that, it was his son, who was making the goat
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go, so wild with misery when the goat was dead, he threw it out
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into the street. That night a wolf came and ate
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the goat, he swallowed the goat's stomach.
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So greedily the Manuel little bean had no time to escape
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However, he jumped about just as actively inside the wolf, as he
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had done with the goat had swallowed him.
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The wolf was just as uncomfortable as the goat had
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been. What is the matter with me?
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Thought the wolf never in my life have I had such a stomach
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ache I believe. I'm going to die.
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He ran away into the forest and crept into a cave to await his
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end inside. The cave was a robbers Den Three
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Robbers were there counting over the gold.
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They had just brought back when they saw the wolf.
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They were so frightened that they drop their bags of golden
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ran away as fast as they could leaving everything behind them.
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Manuel little bean guess that he was making the wolf sick.
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If I can only make him so ill that he will spit me up, said,
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Manuel to himself as he jumped about his liveliest.
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That is exactly what happened. The wolf spit, man, or a little
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bean out. It was decidedly dirty and
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unattractive, but he didn't mind in the least.
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He saw the quantities of gold in the robbers cave and his eyes
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Shone. If I can only find my way home
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and tell my father about it, he will become a rich man.
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He cried It was a long distance home and several times.
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He thought he had lost his way. Finally, however, he saw his own
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Mother's light in the window. He ran toward it as fast as he
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could run. Manuel little bean.
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What have you been doing? Cried his mother.
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When she saw him, where did you get so dirty?
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Come. Let me give you a bath.
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First thing, never mind about the bath mother said Manuel, I
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have more important things to attend to where is father His
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mother called her husband and they both forgot how dirty the
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child was when they heard his story.
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Let us hurry to the robbers cave.
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Father. He said we must get there before
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they return. What about the wolf asked?
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His mother, anxiously Manuel little bean laughed.
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The wolf doesn't have a stomachache now.
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He said he went home a long time ago.
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They went to the robbers cave and brought home the huge sacks
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full of gold. It was enough to make them live
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like Prince's for a lifetime. I have the best in cleverest,
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son, in the world said the father never in the world.
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Has there been a son who was such a joy and comfort to his
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parents at his mother? Manuel little bean was treated
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by everyone as politely as if he had been big.
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The end. Okay.
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And Story number two, the necklace of pearls, the story of
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a water nymph and an island lad. In a tiny Cottage on the Steep
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Rocky. Hillside of one of the islands
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of the Azores. They lived a poor woman and her
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only son whose name was Francisco.
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Every day, the boy went fishing in his little boat and every
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night, he brought home, fish for his mother to cook for their
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evening meal, and to carry into the market to sell.
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In this way, they lived very comfortably and they loved each
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other, so dearly that they were as happy as happy can be.
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Francisco with his Sunkissed skin, green eyes and thatch a
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black. Curly hair was the handsomest
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boy, in the whole Parish by the time he was 20 years old.
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There were many rich man's daughter who smiled upon Him.
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However, the lad thought only of his fishing boat and his mother
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and did not notice the smiles. One night, the moon was so
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bright that Francisco could not sleep.
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He awakened his mother who was dozing comfortably in her bed.
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I'm going fishing Mother, Dear. He said, as he kissed her, the
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Moonlight is calling me. His mother started up from her
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bed and Terror and amazement. Why am I boy?
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Do you do such a thing as this she asked.
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You have never been fishing in the night before some evil will
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surely befall. You don't worry about me.
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Dear Mother replied Francisco, laughing at her fears.
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I know how to take care of myself.
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It is as light as day, think of how many fish I'll bring back
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for you to sell in the market tomorrow.
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His mother shook her head anxiously, but with another
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loving kiss, the lad ran out into the bright Moonlight, he
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quickly launched his little fishing boat and was soon
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floating smoothly along on the Peaceful Waters of the bay,
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which gleamed like a silver pathway in the Moonlight.
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The soft are the gentle rocking of the little boat, in the face
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of the Moon upon, which his green eyes were fixed combined,
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to send sleep to his eyelids. Soon, he was nodding off in the
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little boat. A few moments later, he was fast
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asleep, the moon's Rays upon his curls, made them shine, as if
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they were indeed made of obsidian.
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Now, the village maidens, were not the only ones who had
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noticed Francisco's, green eyes and handsome, face, a water
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nymph who dwelt in the depths of the sea had often observed him.
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In the daytime, she was invisible to the eye of humans
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and so the lad had never seen her even though she often spent
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long hours near him never taking her eyes off his face.
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Here comes the beautiful youth in his little fishing boat,
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cried the nymph as she saw the Moonlight gleaming upon his
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shiny curls at last my wishes come true now at night, he'll be
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able to see me she, hastily arranged her own beautiful hair
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before, a little mirror. She carried some of the strands
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of the Priceless pearls, which decked out her lovely head were
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a trifle awry these in the necklaces of rare pearls, which
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hung about her pale throat surrounded, her with a gleam of
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soft light almost like the light of the Moon.
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As she approached a little boat. She said that Francisco was fast
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asleep. She swam in the direction of the
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lad with all possible speed. A wild Terror in her eyes.
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What Madness is this shaft? As she looked down upon his
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bowed head. This frail boat will drift upon
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the dangerous rocks and be dashed to Pieces.
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I'll take him to my home. My own Palace without waking
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him. Perhaps, when he sees how lovely
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it is, he'll even like me a little bit.
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Just for a moment she has at ated thinking, how far from home
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Francisco would be in the Palace of the mother of pearl in the
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depths of the sea. These rocks are really very
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dangerous. She said to herself as she
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gently drew his sleeping form into her arms.
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The next morning Francis goes empty fishing boat was found by
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the fishermen four hours. His mother had watched in vain
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for his return. When at last she heard that the
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empty boat had been found. She was nearly wild with grief.
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He was the best son, a mother could ever have.
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She moaned over again and again, how can I live without him?
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Indeed as the days and weeks went by, was increasingly
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difficult for the poor woman to live.
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She not only missed her boys, loving smile, but she also
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missed the fish. He caught so skillfully.
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There was a little for the poor woman to eat if she had any
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appetite for food. Why don't you go to the wise man
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of the sea and tell him? Your troubles asked one of the
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neighbors Francisco's, mother knew that it was a long and
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difficult journey to reach the wise man of the sea.
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She decided, however, it would be worth the effort just to gaze
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into his Wise Eyes. He knew so much.
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Perhaps he would know how to say something to comfort her and her
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great sorrow and loneliness, She had Shrugged her shoulders when
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her neighbor had spoken of it, but she could not get the idea
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out of her mind. She knew that she would never
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rest in peace until she made this journey.
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Accordingly, she launched Francis goes fishing boat and
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thanks to the smooth Seas. Reached a little Rocky island in
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the midst. The sea were the wise man of the
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sea lived. his tall form was outlined above the cliff even as
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she tied, her little boat, He was very tall far taller than
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anybody she had ever seen and is Snow, White Beard, fell to his
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feet. He was clothed in fish scales,
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which gleamed in the sunlight, well, little mother.
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Or can I do for you today? He asked she came up the path to
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the sum of The Rock. The eyes of the wise man of the
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sea were very kind, as well as full of great wisdom
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Francisco's, mother forgot to be afraid of him as she expected to
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be. She told him the story of her
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lost, son. The wise, man, listen carefully
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to her words and then he said good mother.
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I'm glad to tell you that I know where your friend Cisco is, he
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is in the power of a water. Nymph was carried him away to
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her castle of mother-of-pearl. In the depths of the sea,
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princess goes, mother felt tears of joy, while up in her eyes.
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Is my boy happy there. And is he?
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Well, she asked eagerly. He is entirely well and happy
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the water nymph, gave him a potion which has made him forget
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his past life entirely. I'm glad you told me that said,
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the boy's mother. I was just wondering how my dear
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lad could be happy. While he was causing me so much
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sorrow, he has always been the best in kind of son with which a
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mother was ever blessed. The wise man of the sea started
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to say something, but the woman interrupted as a new thought
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fluent, remind tell me she cried, is there?
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No other way of getting him back with all your wisdom?
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Can't you think of some way to make him once more?
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Remember the mother who loves him the little home, which we
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have passed so many happy days together.
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Do you not know some means of breaking the power which this
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water nymph has over him? The wise man looked out across
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the sea and silence for at least a minute and a half.
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You thought hard Francisco's, mother watched him with eager
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eyes? She could hardly wait for his
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answer. At last.
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These were the words which fell from his lips, you have shed
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many tears. Go to Amman.
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But tears are still to flow. If you were to bring back your
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son, oh must, I suffer more hard, the heartbroken mother.
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It seems that I've already lived a lifetime since my dear lad
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kissed me in the Moonlight, I have endeared all that I can
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bear. The wise man smiled gently, as
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he raised his hand. Listen my child, he said your
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tears must be shed upon the bosom of the waters.
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If perchance, one of them should fall upon your son's heart there
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in the Palace of the water nymph, in the depths of the sea,
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the power over filter will be broken.
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I'll shed, whole oceans of Tears if I can break the power of that
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water, nymph and bring back my friend.
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Cisco said his mother. The fact is that she began to
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shed tears, then in there even before she had.
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Thank the wise man of the sea for what he had told her.
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Now, it happened that Francisco had grown to love the beautiful
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palace of mother-of-pearl in the depths of the sea, he never
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tired of all its beauty about the palace that were lovely,
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Gardens filled with flowers made of precious gems, each Tiny.
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But of, that Garden was worth a king's Ransom.
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So rich with ADD rules that composed it The water nymph
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often gathered her arms full of these rare blossoms and wove
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them into a Garland to Crown Francisco's.
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Glassy curls, he never had a thought of the old life at home
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with his mother. So completely had the nymphs
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concoction done, its work. There was always a big fish
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swimming about in the palace on its back.
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There was a cushion of sea green satin embroidered with lovely
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pearls. This is your riding horse, so
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the water nymph to Francisco. The first day, he had seen it.
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If you should ever get tired of the palace and find life here, a
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bit monotonous, just Mount his horse and write about for a
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little. The water nymph had chicken out
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her long Massey Tresses so that they covered as much as possible
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of the fishtail. She had instead of feet She was
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very sensitive about the fact that she had no feet upon which
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to wear the pretty little slippers.
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Like those of the maiden, she had seen so often, as they
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called out the gay, greetings to the handsome fisher lad.
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Francisco had smiled into her eyes.
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How absurd? He cried to think of such a
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thing as getting tired of this wonderful place.
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In fact, the days had slipped by all too fast for the happy
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youth. Then it suddenly happened one
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day. While the water nymph was asleep
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that he thought of his mother, the little house, which had been
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his home for more than 20 years and the fishing boat, which was
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his pride and joy. The moonlit night when he had
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gaily kissed, his mother's cheek and gone away, never to return.
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Do not stop to waking the sleeping nymph, he said no word
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to the Servants of the palace, he thought only of the fish with
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the cushion of the sea green satin embroidered with rare
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pearls. Quick.
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He cried to it, take me home as fast as you can.
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My mother's heart is breaking. She has shed so many tears for
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me. I know that by this time, she
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might be entirely blind. In another hour, Francisco was
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safe at home with his mother's arms around him, she had shed,
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so many tears that her eyes were swollen, almost shut, but they
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were not close, so completely that they could not shine with
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the Great Joy. Once more felt in her heart,
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Promise me. One thing she said to him, give
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me your word that you'll never go fishing.
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Again, I don't trust that water nymph even in the daytime.
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Accordingly Francisco gave up being a fisherman and became a
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hunter to make his spirits. He gathered all the young
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saplings which grow on the hillside, even down to the edge
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of the water. He had grown still more handsome
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while he lived in the Palace of the mother of pearl in the
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depths of the sea, and there were twice as many pretty
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maidens. Cast smiling glances in his
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directions. It was the daughter of the rich,
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man of the village. What?
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Last one, the heart of Francisco when he went to wooing.
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However, he had no gift take except for the birds.
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He had killed with his own hand. The rich man, laughed at him.
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These were his words. When my daughter marries, it
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shall only be to a youth. Who can bring a rich gifts?
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Francisco went away with a sad heart and sat upon the rocks at
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the edge of the sea gazing out over the water with.
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I so full of tears that they saw nothing.
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The water nymph was not far away from the shores of those days.
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She was always seeking for a glimpse of the jet black head,
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which she had so often crowned with flowers.
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Or join. Now at the sight of him was
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buried by her sorrow. When she saw that, his heart was
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full of Woe. She at once knew the cause of
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his grief. The next morning, when Francisco
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went to get wood to make a new spear, he found a necklace of
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Priceless. Pearls lying on the shore.
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It was a gift of the water nymph, but since his heart had
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been touched by his mother's tears, it entirely forgotten her
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he took the gift to the maid, he loved and never thought to give
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her the end. I thought the first story was
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kind of cute while still a bit gory.
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It made me think about the little bean getting bounced
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around in the goat. In the wolf, I felt a bit bad
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for the goat and the Wolf especially the goat that wasn't
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even eaten. It was just thrown out in the
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street. Still it was cool that the
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little guy got his pops so rich. And in the second story, I'm
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glad Francisco was able to Wed the person he wanted to.
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I tweaked the story just a little bit, but left the pot
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alone. It was all about blond hair,
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blue eyes, blond hair, blue eyes, blond hair, blue eyes so I
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changed some stuff around and also the boys age in the story
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was 14. I was like ooh, let's not get
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into 14 year olds, let's make him 20, I can imagine the water
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nymphs longing for the handsome man, while at the same time,
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pull of his mother's love. Also had an effect on him.
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My mom had Waited for a long time, just for me to be home and
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now I'm just waiting for my wife to join me in Michigan.
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Editor's note? I am currently recording this
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while still in Korea but this will come out after I've moved
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back to America. And the podcast shout-out is to
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the Appalachian folk lore podcast.
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I was originally attracted to it because I thought it would be
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all stories from the mountains. But the host Aaron has all sorts
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of great lore from that. Part of the country brings you
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into his world with every episode.
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And if you like it, as much as I do go and give him a listen,
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rating and review. And The Listener shot up is to
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the issue de France or island of France District.
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It is home to the beautiful city of love Paris.
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The Beirut of Western Europe. I had a lovely time.
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They're visiting with my brother in 2000, seeing the Eiffel Tower
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was fun and sleeping in a Grand Prix car hostile bed was
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interesting but to my listener in Paris, friend of the Pod, Amy
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from the unsighted English. Literature podcast, says,
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Messier, Bonnie. And for me, thank you and good
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night.