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anJ many of Ihem killed. On the same day those remaining at home noticed that the giuia tree 

 bent down tovvards the ground and that the leaves hcgan to tremble, and they concluded that 

 many "t theii' friends had been killed in Dibiri. When the sur\'ivors returned, it was fuund that 

 the onien expressed by the tree had come ti'ue. Ever since then the people at home vvatch the 

 tree wiien some of them are on a journey, and the tree lets them know if any disaster befalls 

 those who are away. After bending down the tree rises up again. (Kaku, Ipisia). 



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