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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: brass swung slowly back, as though of themselves.
But when Gebhart saw what he saw within the gates his heart
crumbled away for fear, and his knees knocked together; for
there, in the very middle of the way, stood a monstrous, hideous
dragon, that blew out flames and clouds of smoke from his gaping
mouth like a chimney a-fire.
But the wise master was as cool as smooth water; he thrust his
hand into the bosom of his jacket and drew forth a little black
box, which he flung straight into the gaping mouth.
Snap!--the dragon swallowed the box.
The next moment it gave a great, loud, terrible cry, and,
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