THE MOUNTAIN IN LABOR

IN DAYS of old, a mighty rumbling was heard in a Mountain. It was said

to be in Labor, and multitudes of people flocked together, from near

and from far, to see what the great Mountain would produce. After long

expectation and wise conjecturing from the bystanders, out popped—a

mouse.

A magnificent promise, but a paltry performance.

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