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[gentle music playing]

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[boy in Chinese]
I want to become rain, scouring the roof

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I want to become a wave
And take away the past

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I want to become fire, burn and purify

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But if I can, I want to be myself

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[gentle music continues]

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[boy in English] I'm about
to introduce myself.

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My name is Yin Yuguo.

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I'm 16 years old.

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Born and raised in Kunming, China.

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[wind whooshes]

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I often dream I'm a dragon.

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I can go anywhere.

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See the world.

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Find my true home.

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[adventurous music playing]

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[music continues faintly]

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I really like communicating
with people in English.

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I enjoy expanding my vocabulary.
That's why I write here to you all.

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I love literature deeply,

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and most books I read are
by Central and Eastern European authors.

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[sips drink]

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I'm in grade ten in high school,

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and I feel like a dragon
flapping its wings in a dark dungeon.

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I love poetry books,
especially Eastern European Romantics.

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But most people call those "useless books"
because they can't help you with exams.

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[gentle piano music playing]

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A well-known Polish poetess said,

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"I prefer the absurdity of writing poetry
to the absurdity of not writing poetry."

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Well, I prefer the absurdity
of reading poetry.

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[in Chinese]
Forest, why are you so troubled?

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There's no wind and there's no rain

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Yet your branches are in pain

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Yes, I'm troubled, you know why?

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Because the summer's almost over

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And my leaves are quickly falling

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[woman in Chinese]
I'd call my son "the carer of the stars,"

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like he could only talk to the universe.

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[birds tweeting]

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There's no one on earth
that could understand him.

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[bird squawks]

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He had this special loneliness.

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[gentle music playing]

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[bird squawks]

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As if he was breathing,
but nobody else could hear his existence.

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My heart ached because the only thing
I could do was let him cry in my arms.

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I'd hold him in my arms and pat his back.

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[Yuguo in English] My parents
love me so much and understand me,

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but if I can't study abroad,
life can't carry on.

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[recorder chimes]

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[in Chinese] I hope for four things.

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The first is to be able to continue
to enrich myself intellectually.

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The second is to be able to take pleasure

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in all kinds of creative endeavors,

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like literature and art.

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The third is to carry out
my own creative activities

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and contribute to the arts
and cultures of the world.

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And the fourth one is
to find true love in a new society.

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[recorder chimes]

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[adventurous music playing]

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[Yuguo in English] Dear Romanian
National Ministry of Education,

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I'm writing this letter to explain
why I dream to study in Romania.

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Dear sir or madam
of the University of Bacău.

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Salutations.
I am a Chinese senior high school student,

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and I am fond of Romanian culture,
especially Mihai Eminescu.

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[man in Romanian] Yuguo's email

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inquiring about the possibility
of studying in Romania

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was in my inbox when I arrived at work.

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[Yuguo in English] My dream is
to come to Romania,

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the country of literature in my heart,

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to learn Romanian
and become a real literary worker.

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[Apăvăloaei in Romanian]
Of all the emails I get from young people

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who want to study in Romania,

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none say, "I'm in love with Romania."

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So, I replied immediately,

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as he was the student
I'd always hoped for.

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[adventurous music playing]

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[Yuguo in English] I always knew
I was a Carpathian dragon.

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Isn't this such a wonderful coincidence

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that my university is
right at the foot of Carpathian Mountains?

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[wind whooshing]

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[dragon roaring]

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[items clanking]

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[Qing in Chinese] He was going
to be a student in Romania.

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How to protect him?

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We hadn't given him any constraints.

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He was going to live freely,

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but I still wanted to protect him
under the wings of the old hen.

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[gentle music playing]

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I took a picture of him
as we left for the airport.

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[camera shutter clicks]

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I didn't want to be corny or sentimental,

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but I was afraid of missing him too much.

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[Yonglin] Going abroad to Romania
to study, this was his wish,

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which was a good thing.

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So even though in my heart
I didn't want him to go so far,

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I wasn't going to stop him.

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[Qing] I felt him watching me
in the side mirror,

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looking at me with a smile,

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but I had to grit my teeth
and carefully mask my heartbreak.

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[gentle music continues]

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[Yuguo in English]
My biggest adventure so far.

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It's time to leave for a new cave

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A higher one, wider
And with light that is brighter

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On the way, the weather may snow

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And the winds may heavily blow

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But since what is calling, I know

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I must go

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[train brakes screeching]

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[Apăvăloaei in Romanian]
I think he was surprised

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to arrive in a town
of only 200,000 people like Bacău.

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People don't come here.

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This is not Bucharest
or one of the big cities.

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You're either just passing through
or something's wrong.

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[Yuguo in Chinese] Hi, Mother! This is it.

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Vasile Alecsandri University in Bacău.

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Look at the old building.

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This is Eminescu, of course.

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This is Mr. Adrian. You know him already.
He always helps me.

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This is my class.

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[indistinct chatter]

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And this is Ms. Drugă.
She teaches Romanian grammar.

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[speaks Romanian]

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[Yuguo in Chinese]
And the amazing Mr. Dănilă.

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[in Romanian] This was my first contact
with a Chinese person.

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No foreigners come here just
to study Romanian culture and language.

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Or at least not in our university.

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I'd heard he was at the university.

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And I saw a young man. Tall.

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What always amazed me
was the way he dressed.

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Always wearing a white shirt.

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[Apăvăloaei] Buttoned all the way up.

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[Savin] Impeccably ironed.

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He would wipe the blackboard,
although I was used to doing it myself.

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He always offered to carry my laptop.

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I'd say, "Don't worry, I can handle it."
"No, teacher."

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[speaking Romanian]

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I actually asked him,

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I said, "Sorry to ask,

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how many million inhabitants
does the city you come from have?"

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And when he said
it's five times bigger than Bucharest,

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I asked, "So why did you come to Bacău?
To Romania?"

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[Yuguo in English]
I like the city of Bacău.

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On the weekends,

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I enjoy going to sleep
right before the sunrise

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and getting up in
the mild sunshine of Romanian afternoon.

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Wearing a tie,

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sleepy eyes.

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Trying to end the rise of tiredness
with a cup of coffee.

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But I must practice more.

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[Yuguo in Romanian]
What I wish for you, sweet Romania

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What I wish for you, sweet Romania

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What I wish for you, sweet Romania

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Of all Eminescu's poems,

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he was most attached to that anthem,

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let's call it that,

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"What I Wish for You, Sweet Romania."

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[Yuguo] My country of glory
The country I long for

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[Savin] He asked me
to listen to him recite it.

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He recited it twice,
and then he insisted on hearing me recite.

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[Yuguo] May you have a future
As great as your past!

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Sweet Romania, this I wish for you

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[woman] We hosted
the National Day of Culture

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at the Alfa Gallery in Bacău,

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and that's when Yuguo appeared.

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[man] A young Chinese man
came down the alley.

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He stopped in front of the gallery
and said, "Good day!" in Romanian.

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What was he up to?

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We were amused by him.

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I captured this, which was very comical.

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With the Astrakhan hat,
a traditional Romanian hat.

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[Băcăoanu] …to celebrate not just
our national poet, Mihai Eminescu,

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but Romanian culture as a whole.

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People were quite apathetic.
It was a dull event.

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We were there just to show face.

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Halfway through the event…

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Good day!

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[all applauding]

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Today, I have Eminescu's

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"What I Wish For You, Sweet Romania."

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[Băcăoanu] The audience was fascinated.

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The room went quiet.

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What is this boy doing here?
How come he can speak Romanian?

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You could read the awe on people's faces

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because of how well he spoke the language.

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What I wish for you, sweet Romania

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My country of glory
The country I long for?

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[Ungureanu] Now laugh, if you can.

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When we first saw him,
we laughed like idiots.

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But he wowed everyone.

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Like the night's stars
Like the day's dawn

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May you live forever
Full of glory and joy

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[Dănilă] I was watching him,
listening to him,

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and I was convinced

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I'm in the presence
of an extraordinary being.

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[all applauding]

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[speaks Romanian]

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Um, and now, in Chinese.

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[in Chinese]
What I wish for you, sweet Romania…

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[Bonta in Romanian]
That's exactly what the event needed,

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a young Chinese man
coming out of nowhere to recite Eminescu.

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He seemed to fit in.

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He was looking for his place
amongst Romanians and in our culture.

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But we also needed someone like him!
To discover us, the way that Yuguo did.

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[in Chinese]
Sweet Romania, this I wish for you

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[all applauding]

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[in Romanian] Thank you!

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[birds tweeting]

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[Băcăoanu] He said he was the only son
of a family of university teachers.

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I thought it was amazing
that he was allowed by his family

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to travel so far at such a young age.

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[coughs]

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[Qing in Chinese]
Although he was far from us,

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he was accomplishing his mission.

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He was so happy to share

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his daily discoveries
and happiness with us.

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[Yuguo in English] If you have
the opportunity

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to observe a crow carefully,

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you will find that the crow's feathers
and posture are extremely beautiful.

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Crows are rarely seen in my hometown.

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White, the winter

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White, the winter

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Clouds hanging high in the sky

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Foggy the sight, foggy the sight

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Merciless as the dragon's flame

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[man 1 in Romanian]
He hadn't seen snow before.

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He was very happy.

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When it snowed late at night,
he'd come outside.

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[woman] He wanted to absorb everything!

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Atmosphere, nature,
buildings, trees, birds.

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[gentle music playing]

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[birds tweeting]

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I'm often disappointed…

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by Romania,

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but he saw it
with completely different eyes

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and showed me
that Romania is really beautiful.

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[man 2] He started coming to our museum,
and he was more serious than any of us!

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We tried to talk to him in English,

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but he only wanted to hear Romanian.
He'd come here to learn our language.

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He wanted to know everything.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[Bernevic] He seemed like
from a different era.

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He was delicate on the inside.

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That's what I felt.

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That he was…

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pure.

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He was searching for something

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with so much thirst
and with so much intensity.

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[announcer] Esteemed travelers,
train 554 is…

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[Băcăoanu] He really wanted
to go to Alba Iulia.

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The journey to Alba Iulia is hellish.

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I don't know many people in Bacău

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who would just grab a flag
and take the train to Alba Iulia

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on the 1st of December when it's so cold.

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[Yuguo] ♪ Wake up, Romanian ♪

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♪ From the sleep of death ♪

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[classical music playing faintly]

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[Qing in Chinese]
He called us. He was very excited.

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He couldn't sleep that night.

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He sang the Romanian anthem

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all the way to Alba Iulia
on the train journey.

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He said, "Mom,
I'll take part in a big parade."

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"I'll be with everyone,
in the middle of the crowd!"

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[all chanting in Romanian]

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[Yuguo in English] This year,
all of Romania is headed to Alba Iulia

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for the hundredth anniversary
of the unification.

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I was fortunate to participate in
and document the celebrations.

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[gentle music playing]

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[all chanting in Romanian]
Long live great Romania!

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[man] I met Yuguo at Alba Iulia.

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He was wearing
more Romanian flags than any of us.

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He was so emotional and happy and said,
"We're going to celebrate together!"

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[indistinct chanting]

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[Yuguo in English] I'm not worried
about being lonely anymore.

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The people here have shown me
the greatest warmth.

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They help me and trust me,

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even when I haven't done
anything practical to their country,

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just showing my love to their nation.

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Yes?

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[woman] Why did you come here today?

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I love Romanian culture and literature.

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Today, I'm here
to celebrate with everyone.

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Happy birthday, Romania.

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I wish Romania and the Romanian people
will have a great future.

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-[woman] Where are you from?
-China. Yes.

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[in Romanian] For someone to come
from such a faraway place

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and talk so beautifully
and simply about you…

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I don't know. That never happens.

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[Yuguo in English] People invited me
to have traditional Romanian food.

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They all chatted with me
and regarded me as a friend.

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-[crowd cheering]
-[gentle music playing]

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I was so happy that night.

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[fireworks exploding]

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[Dănilă in Romanian] Here it is.
His first published article.

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"1st of December, Alba Iulia"
by Yin Yuguo.

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[birds squawking]

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[Yuguo in English]
When I'm happy, I like to go to the park.

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The sovereignty of the main park
in Bacău belongs to the crows.

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The sound of flapping wings is endless.

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-[wings flapping]
-[squawking]

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[dragon exhales]

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I feel like the dragon
finally found his home.

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I still have a lot to explore,
a lot to see and discover.

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But I have a lot of time
and all my energy, which is limitless.

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[train chugging]

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[in Romanian] I met young Yin Yuguo
on January 4th, 2019.

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He came to visit the museum,

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and at the end of the guided tour,

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he wanted to write something
in the visitor book.

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And because he was so tall, he knelt down.

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It was an extraordinary moment.

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It was like a prayer
for the history of the place,

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so I asked if I could take a photo.

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[pencil writing]

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Later on, that photograph, unfortunately,

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became the one
by which the police identified him

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after the tragedy that took place.

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[gentle music playing]

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On Friday night, he told me
he wanted to go visit Neamt Fortress.

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I asked him not to go.
There were weather warnings.

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[Dănilă] But he decided to go.
He took the train.

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And in a station along the way,

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the train was stationary
for a bit longer than usual.

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Without any means of information,
Yuguo panicked.

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He thought that's where
he was supposed to get off.

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He decided to jump
as the train was leaving.

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He opened the door

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and saw a sea of snow,

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without knowing that underneath the snow,
there was a stone mile marker,

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which he hit his head on.

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The end was instantaneous.

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[wind whooshing]

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[Qing speaking Chinese]

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[young Yuguo speaks Chinese]

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[Qing speaking Chinese]

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[Qing] I remember you were playing
in the bathtub when you were small.

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The water splashed everywhere,

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and the whole room
was filled with your laughter.

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You said, "I think
the nature of the universe is ashes."

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"The Earth is the ashes of the Sun.
The Sun is the ashes of the galaxy."

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"Everything is ashes."

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[Yuguo speaking Chinese]

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[Qing] You were five.

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[gentle music playing]

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[Qing speaking Chinese]

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[yells]

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[Qing speaks Chinese]

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[shoes thudding]

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[Yonglin] I lost the ability to smile.

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If there is indeed a parallel universe,

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I hope he's there, pursuing his dreams.

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00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,200
I hope he's healthy
and happy in that world,

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living the life he wants.

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[gentle music continues]

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I must learn to be strong.

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[Qing] Many asked us
if we regret letting him go.

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00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,480
We don't. We don't have regrets.

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The biggest wish parents have

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is to see their child
realize their dreams.

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00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:25,040
If we are afraid to follow our dreams,
then we can't have anything.

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Bacău is his home.

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00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,560
Because it's in the Carpathian Mountains.

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Because he spent
80 incredibly happy days there.

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[gentle music continues]

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[inaudible]

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He said, "Mom, I dreamt
I was a dragon, flying in the sky."

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"But I died. My heart was stabbed."

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"I fell from the sky,
and my flesh was given to many people."

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He told me the dream made him happy.

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-[wind whooshing]
-[trees rustling]

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00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,840
[music fades out]

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00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,560
[inspiring music playing]

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00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,320
[music fades out]