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FULFILMENT
The trees were dancing gaily in the breeze. “Why do you dance so gaily today, O Trees?" I asked. Nodding their foliage merrily the Trees made reply, “We bore the searing heat of the sun giving shade to the weary traveller and the drooping bird. We readily offered our fruit to the hungry. Should we not dance now, happy in the fulfilment of fortitude and compassion?"