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the scarecrow
“Happiness?”
“This fairy tale definitely does
not exist beside a man.”
“I doubt that this fairy tale
exists anywhere.”
“Woman is the only creature
whoknowswhere this treasure
is found.”
“You ’re talking about
happiness? Who can say
decisively where happiness
hides?”
“Man’s happiness is with a
woman, but a woman’s exists
elsewhere.”
“Amazing!”
“Man’s happiness is with a
woman, but a woman’s exists
elsewhere.”
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Revenge....
Revenge is a way of life in the
realmof the desert. Successive
generations have reported
that many other advocates
preceded the advocate of
revenge to the desert.
The advocate of revenge was
the last partisan to enter the
barren land but surpassed
all others in sovereignty and
sorcery.
He is said to have found his
predecessors embracing one
another and pretending to be
fond of each other by day but
competing to plot conspiracies
against each other once
night fell. Thus the desert’s
very pillars rocked with their
ignominy. Then the desert’s
inhabitants were in an uproar
because of this chaos.
The cunning strategist climbed
a mountain and from it spied
on his rivals in sorcery. The
advocate of anger darted at his
companions’ faces like a raging