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The Elderly Man and the Raven

the elderly man and the raven where not the best of friends. the raven teased the old man about his upcoming death. You will die soon the raven would say. And for a life in which you did nothing at all. the old man did not reply instead he would simply sigh and carry on with the mocking raven at his side but this was not enough for the raven for in return for all his cruelty the old man was very kind. And the raven simply could not understand. then one night the old man woke with a fright. he thought of the raven and went outside. And there all battered and bruised was the raven with little life left for it to choose . With a little patch work the raven lived and lived to be a hundred the man lived to be very old they shared a toast on there last days at one point the raven stopped and asked curiously why?to which he simply smiled and replied because in all of us there is good inside.the raven smiled to then they closed there eyes and went to heaven together

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