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| Thus spoke the wizened mambo, hidden in her cave... |
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| I can tell you of many wonders of the world, m'enfant. Sit, |
| leave the world at hand for a few moments, and I will tell you |
| of an age long gone. |
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| In time forgotten the great spirits set the task unto the |
| lesser spirits to craft and forge the world. In time, the |
| lessers saw the power they wielded and rebelled. A terrible |
| war shook the heavens and the lessers were cast out. One of |
| these, Danbala ..."Le Bon Dieu," held all the waters of the |
| earth inside his serpentine form. The movement of his seven |
| thousand coils formed the hills and valleys, lit the fire in |
| the stars and set the planets in the heavens. He forged metals |
| from heat and sent forth lightning bolts to form the sacred |
| rocks and stones. In the light of the sun, he shed his skin |
| and released the water inside his serpentine body over the |
| land. The sun shone in the water and created the rainbow. |
| Danbala loved the rainbow and made her his wife, Aido. |
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| Great was the evil that separated them from one another. But |
| legend says the serpent and the rainbow will meet again, and |
| on that day they will bear the world a great new good. |
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| Some say they have seen the outcast, mon ami, and who is to |
| say they are wrong? |
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| Come, I can see my story has shaken you, sit near the fire and |
| imagine the ages as the moment passes... |
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