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story in Magic i want to
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die without you no need to survive i
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die no need to survive i want to live
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life in this moment give me your life no
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table with dishes made of
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clay the food she cooked is warming on
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daddy chopped the wood we need to keep
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strong with toilet and sweat he keeps
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warm and as us children gathered around
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in daddy cleared his voice and said
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begin let us pray on this day of our
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birth our father sent his only son to
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live and die right here on earth and
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send the praises up to
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heaven for our Lord to
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hear we never knew that someone's
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love could be so dear
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forward i made the grades in
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school it was time to go and make it on
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world with values carved in stone
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i never knew the emptiness of being all
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alone though I'm many miles away from
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dear daddy's words are there still
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ear let us pray for this day or the day
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Savior's birth our father sent his only
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I send the praises up to
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heaven for our Lord to
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hear we never knew that someone's
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love could be so dear
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and he was a simple man without too much
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say never know down with Satan's
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fear daddy's faith god was strong and he
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well let us be ourselves and let us
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straight but never for too long
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through the years I've
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traveled my kids are almost
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grown all gathered here today to
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celebrate god's spirit lives this
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Christmas to keep each family warm with
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eternal life through his amazing grace
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but her days are far numbered and he's
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away but my daddy's words still say the
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things I feel is Christmas
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day let us pray on this
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day of our dear Savior's
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birth our father sent his only son to
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live and die right here on earth let's
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send our praises up to heaven
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hear we never knew that someone's
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dear we never knew that someone's
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love could be so dear
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welcome to MHF radio news big day for
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news today let's start with some
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political headlines so President Trump
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has nominated Leo Brent Bozel 3 to be
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the US ambassador to South Africa
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bozel's a conservative media activist
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interesting choice given the current
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diplomatic tensions between the US and
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South Africa definitely a development to
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watch bozel founded the Media Research
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Center which according to their website
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is all about promoting conservative
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values and well let's just say they're
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not fans of what they call liberal media
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moving on some troubling news out of
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Malawi villagers near Kasungu National
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Park are suing a conservation group
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after hundreds of elephants were
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relocated to the area yeah seems like
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the elephants have been causing quite a
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bit of trouble reports say at least 10
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people have been killed the villagers
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are understandably concerned about their
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safety and livelihoods they're suing the
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International Fund for Animal Welfare
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demanding better fencing around the park
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and compensation for the damage caused
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it's a tough situation balancing
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conservation efforts with the safety of
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the local population
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all right on to some brighter news
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sports arsenal with a huge win against
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Real Madrid in the Women's Champions
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what a game allesia Russo was on fire
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leading the Gunners to a 3 to zero
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victory and securing their spot in the
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semi-finals sounds like it was a
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dominant performance all around and
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finally some tech news tesla's European
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sales have taken a significant hit yeah
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down almost 45% last month there's
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speculation that it might be connected
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to Elon Musk's shall we say close
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relationship with the Trump
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administration interesting and in other
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Tesla related news Chinese rival BYD
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just surpassed them in global revenue
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hitting over $100 billion definitely a
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changing landscape in the electric
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you are listening to MHF radio
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famous stories every child should know
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edited by Hamilton Wright Mabby one A
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Child's Dream of a Star written by
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Dickens there was once a child and he
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strolled about a good deal and thought
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of a number of things he had a sister
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who was a child too and his constant
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companion these two used to wonder all
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day long they wondered at the beauty of
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the flowers they wondered at the height
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and bless of the sea they wondered at
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the depth of the bright water they
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wondered at the goodness and the power
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of God who made the lovely world they
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used to say to one another sometimes
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supposing all the children upon earth
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were to die would the flowers and the
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water and the sky be sorry
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they believed they would be sorry for
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said they the buds are the children of
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the flowers and the little playful
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streams that gamble down the hillsides
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are the children of the water and the
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smallest bright specks playing at
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hideand seek in the sky all night must
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surely be the children of the stars and
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they would all be grieved to see their
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playmates the children of men no
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more there was one clear shining star
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that used to come out in the sky before
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the rest near the church spire above the
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graves it was larger and more beautiful
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they thought than all the others and
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every night they watched for it standing
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hand in hand at a window whoever saw it
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first cried out "I see the star." And
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often they cried out both together
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knowing so well when it would rise and
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where so they grew to be such friends
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with it that before lying down in their
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beds they always looked out once again
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to bid it good night and when they were
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turning around to sleep they used to say
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star." But while she was still very
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young oh very very young the sister
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drooped and came to be so weak that she
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could no longer stand in the window at
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night and then the child looked sadly
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out by himself and when he saw the star
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turned round and said to the patient
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pale face on the bed "I see the star."
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And then a smile would come upon the
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face and a little weak voice used to say
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"God bless my brother and the star."
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And so the time came all too soon when
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the child looked out alone and when
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there was no face on the bed and when
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there was a little grave among the
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graves not there before and when the
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star made long rays down toward him he
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saw it through his tears
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now these rays were so bright and they
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seemed to make such a shining way from
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earth to heaven that when the child went
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to his solitary bed he dreamed about the
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star and dreamed that lying where he was
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he saw a train of people taking up that
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sparkling road by angels and the star
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opening showed him a great world of
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light where many more such angels waited
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all these angels who were waiting turned
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their beaming eyes upon the people who
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were carried up into the star and some
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came out from the long rose in which
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they stood and fell upon the people's
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necks and kissed them tenderly and went
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away with them down avenues of light and
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were so happy in their company that
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lying in his bed he wept for
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joy but there were many angels who did
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not go with them and among them one he
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knew the patient face that once had lain
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upon the bed was glorified and radiant
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but his heart found out his sister among
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all the host his sister's angel lingered
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near the entrance of the star and said
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to the leader among those who had
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brought the people thither "Is my
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brother come?" And he said "No."
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She was turning hopefully away when the
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child stretched out his arms and cried
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"Oh sister I am here take me." And then
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she turned her beaming eyes upon him and
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it was night and the star was shining
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into the room making long rays down
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towards him as he saw it through his
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tears from that hour forth the child
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looked out upon the star as on the home
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he was to go to when his time should
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come and he thought that he did not
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belong to the earth alone but to the
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star too because of his sister's angel
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before there was a baby born to be a
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brother to the child and while he was so
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little that he never yet had spoken word
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he stretched his tiny form out on his
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died again the child dreamed of the open
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star and of the company of angels and
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the train of people and the rows of
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angels with their beaming eyes all
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turned upon those people's
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faces said his sister's angel to the
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leader is my brother come and he said
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another as the child beheld his
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brother's angel in her arms he cried "Oh
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sister I am here take me." and she
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turned and smiled upon him and the star
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shining he grew to be a young man and
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was busy at his books when an old
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servant came to him and said "Thy mother
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is no more i bring her blessing on her
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son." Again at night he saw the star and
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all that former company said his
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sister's angel to the leader "Is my
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brother come?" And he said "Thy mother."
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A mighty cry of joy went forth through
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all the star because the mother was
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reunited to her two children and he
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stretched out his arms and cried "Oh
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mother sister and brother I am here take
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me." And they answered him "Not yet."
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shining he grew to be a man whose hair
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was turning gray and he was sitting in
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his chair by the fireside heavy with
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grief and with his face bewed with tears
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when the star opened once again
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said his sister's angel to the leader
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"Is my brother come?" And he said "Nay
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but his maiden daughter." And the man
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who had been the child saw his daughter
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newly lost to him a celestial creature
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among those three and he said "My
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daughter's head is on my sister's bosom
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and her arm is around my mother's neck
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and at her feet there is the baby of old
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time and I can bear the parting from her
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shining thus the child came to be an old
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man and his once smooth face was
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wrinkled and his steps were slow and
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feeble and his back was
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bent and one night as he lay upon his
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bed his children standing round he cried
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as he had cried so long ago "i see the
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star," they whispered one to another
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dying and he said "I am my age is
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falling from me like a garment and I
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move towards the star as a child and oh
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my father now I thank thee that it has
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often to receive those dear ones who
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await me." And the star was shining and
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read by Rick Kishner for Lit to Go on
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the web at fcit.usf.edu