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AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. His death by drowning gave rise to the great Dragon-boat Festival, which was originally a solemn annual search for the body of the poet. Raoul at the same time seized one of the young man's hands and placed it on the mane, which it grasped with the tenacity of a drowning man. |
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