"Little by little, "an acorn said,
As it slowly sank in its mossy bed,
"I am improving every day,
Hidden deep in the earth away."
Little by little, each day it grew.
Little by little it sipped the dew.
Downward it sent out a tiny root.
Up in the air sprang a tiny shoot.
Day after day and year after year.
Little by little the leaves appear.
The slender branches spread far and wide,
’Til the mighty oak is the forest’s pride.
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(from the poem "Little by Little," by Shinku)
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