And he said, "Thy mother!"

A mighty cry of joy went forth through all the star, because the

mother was reunited to her two children. And he stretched out his arms

and cried, "O, mother, sister, and brother, I am here! Take me!" And

they answered him, "Not yet," and the star was shining.

He grew to be a man, whose hair was turning gray, and he was sitting

in his chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, and with his face

bedewed with tears, when the star opened once again.

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