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So the tree was taller
    than all the other trees in the countryside.
Its limbs became long and big
    because of so much water.
All the birds of the sky
    made their nests in the tree’s limbs.
And all the wild animals
    gave birth under its branches.
All great nations
    lived in the tree’s shade.
So the tree was great and beautiful,
    with its long branches,
    because its roots reached down to much water.

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So it towered higher(A)
    than all the trees of the field;
its boughs increased
    and its branches grew long,
    spreading because of abundant waters.(B)
All the birds of the sky
    nested in its boughs,
all the animals of the wild
    gave birth(C) under its branches;
all the great nations
    lived in its shade.(D)
It was majestic in beauty,
    with its spreading boughs,
for its roots went down
    to abundant waters.(E)

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