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'A long time ago in a remort part of china, a dragon once flew down
from the mountains and settled on the roof of the house of a rich
merchant.
The merchant and his wife and family and servents were of course,
terrified out of their wits. They looked out of the windows and could
see the shadows of the dragon's wings streching out over the ground
below them. And when they looked up, they could see his great yellow
claws sticking into the roof above them.

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