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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Blue Flower by Henry van Dyke: arms, grew restless as the story lengthened, and began to prattle
softly at his mother's ear.
"Mother," whispered the child, "why did you cry out so
loud, when the priest was going to send me to Valhalla?"
"Oh, hush, my child," answered the mother, and pressed him
closer to her side.
"Mother," whispered the boy again, laying his finger on
the stains upon her breast, "see, your dress is red! What are
these stains? Did some one hurt you?"
The mother closed his mouth with a kiss. "Dear, be still,
and listen!"
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