Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children

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Ravens pursue murderer who has killed two children.

Chance and fate. · The ways of luck and fate. · Crime inevitably comes to light. · view the constellation · filed as N271.3.1

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Filed under The Cranes of Ibycus. Murdered man calls on cranes, the only witnesses of the murder, to avenge him. The cranes follow the murderer and point him out.

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