Page 36 - The Book of Rumi
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helped me understand that my imprisonment was due to my beautiful song,
                    my talent for entertaining you and your guests. My precious voice was in fact
                    the cause of my servitude! By his action, he taught me that my freedom would
                    lie in the act of dying in the sense of forsaking my attachment to my worldly
                    talents, which I had prized so highly.”
                       The parrot bid her merchant master farewell for the last time and quickly
                    fl ew out of sight.























































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