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aces upon the animal, but it showed no interest in her
desire until persuaded the inventor Daedalus to build 's an artificial
cow, so that might crouch within it to be served by the bull.
In due course gave birth to a monster with a calf's head and a man's
body, which quickly developed into a full-grown male with a head of a great
fighting bull.
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I had always been afraid of the dark. I had been nearsighted, and the
dark hid those things that were far away... I jumped at every twitch of a
shadow. My friends made fun of me, and one night, as a high school prank, they
took me to a cemetery and left me there. I had been dared to play a game of
"hide-and-seek" with my friends, but after having hidden for severaly minutes,
I heard no sound. My knees were already bruised from having knocked together
so much, and I had bitten my tongue as my teeth chattered nervously. I
cautiously moved out from my hiding place -- I had not been all that well
hidden to begin with -- and called out after my friends. No answer came. We
had each taken a flashlight from the car, and I took mine from my pocket and
flicked the
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