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72. Verily, the days that are calra and peaceful, 



73. The little ones shall finally reach, as they travel the path of life. 



74. The words here spoken shall stand for all time, it has been said, 



in this house. 



75. The little ones have nothing to use for medicine, they said to 



one another, it has been said, in this house. 



76. They said, it has been said, in this house, 



77. That, verily, on the brink of a precipice, 



78. There stood the cedar, 



79. Sighing where he stands in his chosen place, 



80. He spake, saying: Here, upon the brink of this precipice, I 



stand, in order that the little ones may make of me their 

 medicine. 



81. He stood sighing in his chosen place, 



82. In the midst of all the four winds. 



83. Whichever way the winds blew, 



84. He sent forth with them a pleasing fragrance. 



85. He spake, it has been said, in this house, 



86. Sajdng: Behold the base of my trunk (the roots), 



87. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 



88. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



89. They shall live to see the toes of their feet gnarled with age, as 



they travel the path of life. 



90. Behold the wrinkles of my ankle, 



91. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 



92. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



93. They shall live to see the wrinkles of old age upon their ankles, 



as they travel the path of life. 



94. Behold my outspreading branches, 



95. Which I have made to be the signs of my old age. 



96. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



97. In the limbs of the little ones there shall be no causes of death, 



as they travel the path of life. 



98. Behold the downward bend of the tops of my branches, 



99. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 



100. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



101. They shall live to see their shoulders bent with age, as they 



travel the path of life. 



102. Behold the feathery tops of my branches, 



103. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 



104. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 

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