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THE CHILDREN

not return. Then Canens went searching for me, and for six days and six nights she sought me in the woods and on the hills and in the valleys. I did not show myself to her, although I heard her sweet voice calling me through the woods—'Picus, Picus, where art thou?' Then I heard her sing as a swan sings, and when I flew to her, I found her melting away in tears.

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