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[00:07.88]I don't want to say, like, I'm happy everything happened, but they all happened, so I just
[00:13.42]Have to take it as, you know"this is my starting off point"
[00:17.22]And what matters is how I deal with that, how I respond
[00:29.18]The land of the living was not far removed from the domain of the ancestors
[00:34.88]There was coming and going between them, especially at festivals
[00:40.50]And also, when an old man died, because an old man was very close to the ancestors
[00:47.40]A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites
[00:52.16]Which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors
[01:05.04]At last, the great day came, and Tortoise was the first to arrive at the meeting place
[01:11.16]When all the birds had gathered together, they set off in a body
[01:14.52]Tortoise was very happy and voluble as he flew among the birds
[01:20.25]And he was soon chosen as the one to speak for the party, because he was a great orator
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