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The Bird Phœnix.
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In the garden of Paradise, under the tree of
knowledge, stood a hedge of roses. In the
first rose a bird was hatched; its flight was like
that of light, its colours beautiful, its song
magnificent.
But when Eve plucked the fruit of knowledge,
when she and Adam were driven from
the garden of Paradise, a spark from the
avenging angel’s flaming sword fell into the
bird’s nest and kindled it. The bird died in
the flames, but from the red egg there flew a
new one – the only one – the ever only bird
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