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First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds and the length of an hour.
First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds and the length of an hour.
Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
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- Catherynne M. Valente
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- Approximate author period: c. 1979 AD · modern
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