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The Spell that Made Everyone Good · Underthrow

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  SPEAKER_01: There once was a city both ancient and great, whose greatness gave way to a terrible fate.
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  SPEAKER_01: The city of Uz, its people once proud, now lived in the dark of a terrible cloud.
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  SPEAKER_01: Around every corner, a mugger, a thief, their victims left standing in stunned disbelief.
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  SPEAKER_01: Brigands besieged from beyond the high wall, and a tyrant ruled harshly within the great hall.
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  SPEAKER_01: The tyrant sent goons to collect all because he thought of himself as much better than us.
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  SPEAKER_01: The people now lived in perpetual fears of the takers, whose taking brought nothing but tears.
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  SPEAKER_00: An old wizard said, I've had quite enough of thieves and tyrants and brigandy stuff.
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  SPEAKER_01: He worked through the night to craft a spell right,
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  SPEAKER_01: then cast that spell down upon us at first light.
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  SPEAKER_01: The makers of us noticed nothing at first.
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  SPEAKER_01: So wary of takers, they planned for the worst.
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  SPEAKER_01: They hustled, traded and worked the whole day.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the takers retreated in total dismay.
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  SPEAKER_01: The pickpockets picked, but couldn't quite poach.
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  SPEAKER_01: The brigands found out that they couldn't approach.
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  SPEAKER_01: The goons of the tyrant grew weak at the knee, then smashed into shields that no one could see.
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  SPEAKER_01: Makers could make, but takers were thwarted.
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  SPEAKER_01: Everything's changed, the people reported.
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  SPEAKER_01: The city now bustled with commerce and peace, so harmony, joy, and abundance increased.
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  SPEAKER_01: The takers grew weary from trying to plunder, foiled every time, and left there to wander.
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  SPEAKER_01: Unable to pilfer a pound or a pence, they couldn't compel, so they had to convince.
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  SPEAKER_01: Forbidden to take, they had to do good, so life kept improving, just as it should.
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  SPEAKER_01: The spell had permitted no harm, not a jot, So better and better and better things got.
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  SPEAKER_01: No candy would vanish from innocent hands.
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  SPEAKER_01: The brigands gave up on their plundering plans.
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  SPEAKER_01: The tyrant came down to everyone's level.
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  SPEAKER_01: No power to dictate cow or bedevil.
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  SPEAKER_01: Folks worked and traded and gave from the heart.
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  SPEAKER_01: And mutual aid played a critical part.
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  SPEAKER_01: After working long days, the Uzzites rejoiced.
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  SPEAKER_01: As Uz was now buzzing with compassion and choice.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uz became known as a city of gold, where everyone wanted to live and grow old.
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  SPEAKER_01: Till one day, a dark mage discovered the spell.
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  SPEAKER_01: He said, these makers don't give quite enough of themselves.
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  SPEAKER_01: The old wizard's magic's no good for the needy.
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  SPEAKER_01: It lets all the town folk be selfish and greedy.
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  SPEAKER_01: So the dark mage encanted with black magic,
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  SPEAKER_01: strong, to cancel the spell that had righted the wrongs.
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  SPEAKER_01: By dawn's gentle light, the old wizard was weak.
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  SPEAKER_01: Only pallor remained on his once rosy cheeks.
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  SPEAKER_01: The thieves found pockets to pick and purloin.
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  SPEAKER_01: The brigands went back to plundering coin.
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  SPEAKER_01: The tyrants' big goons were all taxing by eight, and us slid back down to a desperate state.
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  SPEAKER_01: The moral, the lesson to take if you could.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's not enough magic to make us all good.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yet each of us carries the power to care.
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  SPEAKER_01: So we should try human respect everywhere.