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Facts are fine, fer as they go ... but they're like water bugs skittering atop the water. Legends, now - they go deep down and bring up the heart of a story.

Marguerite Henry

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Marguerite Henry
Age: 95 †
Born: 1902
Born: April 13
Died: 1997
Died: November 26
Novelist
Writer
Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Bring
Story
Water
Facts
Atop
Stories
Bugs
Heart
Legends
Like
Deep
Fine

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When Allah created the horse, he said to the wind, I will that a creature proceed from thee. Condense thyself.And the wind condensed itself, and the result was the horse.
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The wind flew. God told to wind to condense itself and out of the flurry came the horse. But with the spark of sprit the horse flew by the wind itself.
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