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A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the Amaranth said to her neighbour, “How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent!  No wonder you are such a universal favourite.”  But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, “Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time:  my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die.  But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting.”

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