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Into the garden a fairy had come | Into the garden a fairy had come | ||
To drink | To drink ambrosia of the flowers. | ||
In the heady air and thrilling sky, | In the heady air and thrilling sky, | ||
Her golden wings were outspread. | Her golden wings were outspread. | ||
Peeking out, all the flowers say: | |||
"My nectar, it is | "My nectar, it is so tasty; | ||
From others, some is bitter, some is pungent; | From others, some is bitter, some is pungent; | ||
Some is sour, some is foul on the tongue." | Some is sour, some is foul on the tongue." | ||
Choosing carefully the fairy was a connoisseur; | Choosing carefully the fairy was a connoisseur; | ||
For her tray, she plucked only the | For her tray, she plucked only the sweetest flowers. | ||
No flower does the fairy treat with neglect; | |||
To all equally she has given respect. | |||
Even those flowers whose nectar she did not take, | |||
She embraced as she flew off to the distant heavens. | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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