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There was once a village of snow spirits who were all nice but one. The snow spirit enjoyed playing pranks on the gullible earth spirits. In the center of the earth village was a hole to the ground. “Earth spirits! Earth spirits! Look in that hole! You can see the Great Spirit through it!” exclaimed the snow spirit. All the earth spirits gathered around the great hole and some fell down the hole. The snow spirit would repeat the same trick daily until one day the Great Spirit called out to him, “Snow spirit, if you do not stop now you will suffer the same fate.” The snow spirit heeded the Great Spirit’s warning and had stopped pulling tricks on the earth spirits. Weeks went by and the snow spirit forgot the warning given to him by the Great
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