Rainer Maria RilkeAnd when suddenlythe god stopped her and, with anguish in his cry, uttered the words: ‘He has turned round’ —she comprehended nothing and said softly: ‘Who?
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The girl asked the god who had turned her into a snake. The god answered that he had turned her into a snake because of her disobedience. He then asked her why she was disobedient, but she didn’t know. So the god said that he would tell the truth about it.
He said he had turned her into a snake because she was disobedient. But, when she understood the meaning of his words, she was very sad.
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