There was once a small spring. The spring was so persistent that over many years it eroded the land about it such that the spring became a stream. It felt pride at this. The stream persisted and after many more years it became a river. In time the river became an ocean and stretched across the world from horizon to horizon. Witness me, the ocean said. I am mighty. I am eternal. The sun, who had been watching all this time said, Be careful, ocean. For though you reach across the world now, you still derive from a single spring. Ha! the ocean said. I am an ocean, what need have I for a spring!
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