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Pan Demos, v. 1, issue 2, March 1949
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THE WONDERFUL TREE IN TSIEN TSIN Near the bridge at Tsien Tsin where in ancient times the chief fortress and vast intrenchments, for the protection of the country were constructed, there stood in those times of freedom a mulberry tree, on a beautiful circular spot, surrounded by a ditch, which was known throughout the land as the Wonderful Tree. It was much higher than all the other trees far and near, and its branches all grew cross-wise, so that no one had ever seen its like. Until the conquest of the country it was always fresh and green. But there was an old prophecy that as soon as the Tsien Tsin citizens lost their freedom, the tree would wither. And so it came to pass. But a mafpie will one day build its next in its branches, and hatch five white young ones, and then the tree will begin to sprout anew, and again be green, and the country recover its ancient freedom.
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THE WONDERFUL TREE IN TSIEN TSIN Near the bridge at Tsien Tsin where in ancient times the chief fortress and vast intrenchments, for the protection of the country were constructed, there stood in those times of freedom a mulberry tree, on a beautiful circular spot, surrounded by a ditch, which was known throughout the land as the Wonderful Tree. It was much higher than all the other trees far and near, and its branches all grew cross-wise, so that no one had ever seen its like. Until the conquest of the country it was always fresh and green. But there was an old prophecy that as soon as the Tsien Tsin citizens lost their freedom, the tree would wither. And so it came to pass. But a mafpie will one day build its next in its branches, and hatch five white young ones, and then the tree will begin to sprout anew, and again be green, and the country recover its ancient freedom.
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