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See the village? All the houses and the two larger buildings are built in a semi-circle
around a small lake. Now, take a good look at that lake. You’d expect a mountain
lake to be bright blue like the sky, but it’s greyer and milkier than that.

But here’s what you really need to see. Look behind the lake. Notice the two thin
lines of water running up the mountain and disappearing into the clouds? These are
two thin waterfalls, which, of course, travel down from the top of the mountain and
into the lake. They’re quite beautiful, these two thin waterfalls. They’re also
magic, or so many people think. That’s why so many people go to the lake to cure
their aches and pains, among other things. And they pay good money to do this. In
fact, many of the people in the village earn their living from the money people pay
to bathe in and drink this lake water.

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Are you ready to walk up? It’s a long, long walk. But it’ll be worth it; you’ll see.

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In the village on the mountainside lives a small girl named Bonnie. She’s nine years
old, but she’s small for her age. She’s about the size of a seven year old. That’s OK;
she doesn’t mind being small.

Her family sells bottled water from the village lake, which she and her Dad cart
down the mountain every morning. (Yes, all the way down the mountain path!) She
has to go down the mountain anyway, since that’s where her small school is.
Generally, she walks all the way back up by herself.

One day, a beautiful day where you could almost see the top of the mountains
through the clouds, Bonnie decided she wanted to go all the way to the top of the
mountain to see where the waterfalls begin. Of course she was told by her parents,
quite plainly, not to do this.

“Never go to the top of our mountain,” her Dad said. And her Mother, always
giving the most specific warning possible in an attempt to leave Bonnie no ‘wiggle
room,’ elaborated: “Do not try to find out where the waterfalls begin.”

But it was a beautiful day. School had let out early since the teacher had to leave
town to go to a wedding. And Bonnie had no homework. So she decided to walk
almost to the top of the mountain and get close to but not completely where the
waterfalls begin. She was allowed to walk around the mountain and no one was
expecting her home for hours and she had done all her chores… but she knew she
was disobeying her parents. And she felt bad about it. But she really, really wanted
to see where the waterfalls begin.

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Let’s follow her up the mountainside.

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