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"I'irlhood, to the tiht that ere different froinal and able and courageous And ere different For when our people decided to go south to the

Snowlands, the courage of rebellion grew in us and we deserted in the

night Do you remember the wonderful sense of freedom that caer it became? When we found

these islands, it seemed to us that they must have been created

especially for us Here, we said, ould live always, free from

earth-ties - five incorruptible air-woone over it

hundreds and hundreds of ti

the ame But after

they came, we found that ere not free from earth-ties For the Great

Doom overtook us and we fell in love Then cas"

She paused a moment

"Do you remember that awful day at the Clubhouse, how Chiquita,

comforted us? I - I failed you then; I fainted; I felt , 'Don't be afraid They