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Yehuda Vizan

[Strange beasts]

Strange beasts there are in the woods, and large.
    And those who aren’t large
know not what a small beast does in the woods
    and those who aren’t small
know not how large the woods are
    and those who aren’t in the woods
know not how strange are the beasts of the wood
    and what their right size is.

[יֵשׁ חַיּוֹת מוּזָרוֹת]

[יֵשׁ חַיּוֹת מוּזָרוֹת]

יֵשׁ חַיּוֹת מוּזָרוֹת בַּיַּעַר וּגְדוֹלוֹת.
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא גְּדוֹלָה
                   לֹא יוֹדַעַת מַה עוֹשָׂה חַיָּה קְטַנָּה בַּיַּעַר
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא קְטַנָּה
                  לֹא יוֹדַעַת כַּמָּה גָּדוֹל הַיַּעַר
וּמִי שֶׁלֹּא בַּיַּעַר
                  לֹא יוֹדֵעַ כַּמָּה מוּזָרוֹת חַיּוֹת הַיַּעַר
וּמַה גָּדְלָן הַנָּכוֹן.
 
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[Strange beasts]

Strange beasts there are in the woods, and large.
    And those who aren’t large
know not what a small beast does in the woods
    and those who aren’t small
know not how large the woods are
    and those who aren’t in the woods
know not how strange are the beasts of the wood
    and what their right size is.

[Strange beasts]

Strange beasts there are in the woods, and large.
    And those who aren’t large
know not what a small beast does in the woods
    and those who aren’t small
know not how large the woods are
    and those who aren’t in the woods
know not how strange are the beasts of the wood
    and what their right size is.
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