Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn__ show you your reflection. It showed you your soul__t showed you who you really were.The wizard couldn__ look at it without turning away. The king couldn__ look at it. The courtiers couldn__ look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could.
Fate has dug me a hole, and rather than crawling out, I__ digging it deeper. What Fate began with a post-hole digger, I have expanded with a backhoe. I think I expect that when I reach bottom, I__l find some sort of enlightenment - that which would give my life meaning, like a buried treasure. It may be buried treasure, but I think it__ buried deep within my soul. It may even be shouting to be let out.
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Fate has dug me a hole, and rather than crawling out, I__ digging it deeper. What Fate began with a post-hole digger, I have expanded with a backhoe. I think I expect that when I reach bottom, I__l find some sort of enlightenment - that which would give my life meaning, like a buried treasure. It may be buried treasure, but I think it__ buried deep within my soul. It may even be shouting to be let out.
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