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                But 
                he returned, every night, to hear her beautiful songs.  Each 
                time she played he felt himself growing, as if from a boy to a 
                man again, and he began to paint once more, and they were no 
                longer depictions of demons and cruelty, but the pictures of 
                dreams. As time passed word spread of these marvelous creations, 
                and he became the greatest artist the world had ever known.  As 
                his popularity grew, so did new feelings for the Ariiad, and her 
                him.  What was once a dark and lonely place was filled now with 
                hope and cheer.  He began to live once again. 
                  
                
                 
                
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