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"Tell me, Arjun, with bow bent, what do you see?"
"I see a bird."
"Do you not see myself, your brothers, the tree?"
"I see the bird alone," said Arjun, "not you, nor the tree, nor my brothers."
"Of what colour is the bird?"
"I see only a bird's head."
"Then shoot," said Drona joyfully; and even as he expected, as soon as the arrow sped from the bow, the bird was headless.
