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spread your fledgling wings wide, raise your head to the sun.
the sky is an immeasurable, unbroken azure.
there is a favorable wind today,
let it ruffle your feathers, feeling the breeze.
it's warm.

feel secure and safe, although you
perch precariously on the edge of the world.

today's the day.
today you fly.

Below you, an
endless abyss stretches,
promising pain.

fear not the fall, darling,
for security is all around you

curl your toes in anticipation.
let the comforting warm wind lift you from the face of the earth, that you might be liberated of its confinements.
The wind will bear you safely aloft.
the wind will set you free

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but you must believe. have faith.

it's all around you now, little one
fear not.
your wings are spread,

take flight.