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Jan was a farmer clear through

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He loved nothing better than to make things grow

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He understood nature's needs

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He sweated through long hours of toil to prepare beds for the seeds he planted

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First with spade he freed the soil breaking it into clumps and

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Then with hoe and rake painstakingly he worked it finer and finer

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When he felt satisfied that he had provided the best womb his labors could devise

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He prepared for the next step which for him was the reward of his efforts

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Almost trembling with the joy of communion he placed each seed

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Then tenderly but firmly pressed down

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Sealing his precious seed into its cozy nourishing chamber

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Afterward Jan retired very tired and very contented

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For the next days Jan kept careful watch over his beds

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If the weather was dry he would lug buckets of water and lightly spray the mounds

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Assuring each seed a moist soft cover to ease its way out of the ground

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And when the first bit of green broke through the soil Jan experienced a kind of ecstasy

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Which can only come from participation in an act of creation

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In the days that followed he hovered over his plants lovingly examining each one for its condition

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Shielding them from any of nature's excesses

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Weeds didn't have a chance. They were pulled as fast as they appeared

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The soil was constantly worked to keep it buoyant and damp

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His flowers thrived

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Each very early morning when Jan walked through the field inspecting his progeny

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They opened their petals wide stretching upward tall to reach and salute to Jan

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Scattering their best sense in his pathway

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Although they could not speak they showed their love and appreciation

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With color and shape and perfume

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Giving their most in the way things do that receive so generously of love and tender care

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At times Jan was so filled with his sense of purpose he felt very close to God

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Once in a while he felt that in the sight of his flowers he was God

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One unusually sun-scorching day Jan was working his beds close to the ground

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He raised his eyes and saw the flower above his head bowing under the intense authority of the sun

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An implausible annoyance swept through Jan

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He did not like the idea of his flowers humbling themselves before the glowing sun

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His anger wished the sun out of the sky

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And when some clouds blocked the sun's rays he exalted

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But the clouding was momentary

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In a bit of time the sun again appeared and the flowers lowered their blooms before it

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You never bowed down like that to me he cried

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Though I have tended you, cared for you, worked for you, it is the sun you exalt

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Then he saw his shadow

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A sensation of power stirred within him

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He had displaced the sun

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He gloried now not in the love and color and scent of his flowers

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But in the adulation which the bent heads implied to him

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The sky began to darken but he did not notice

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He was by now so obsessed with his own power

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Though there was no wind the flowers began to stir a whispering sound

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By the time Jan realized something was happening the sky had gone very dark

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And the rustling became a rumble

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He demanded obedience and quiet but the hubbub and the lashing increased

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The sky was a purple black and the twisting flowers whipped a deafening din

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A tug threw Jan off his balance

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He felt the damp soil under him and then oozing around and over he screamed sounds

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As he sank the flowers spread themselves over the earth

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The roar became a rumble and the rumble became a rustle

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And then there was silence

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The next morning the sun came out

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The flowers were beautiful in their brilliant color

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And there was a curious spice mixed with the sweetness of their perfume

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The next morning the sun came out

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The flowers were beautiful in their brilliant color

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And there was a curious spice mixed with the sweetness of their perfume

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The next morning the sun came out

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The next morning the sun came out

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The flowers were beautiful in their brilliant color

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