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As I looked, it spread out its wings over the whole world. Winds blew on it from every direction, and clouds gathered over it.
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Then from its wings I saw rival wings begin to grow, but they were small and insignificant.
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All three heads of the eagle were asleep, even the middle one, which was larger than the others.
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While I was watching, the eagle flew up in the air and became ruler of the whole earth and all its people.
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I saw how everything on earth was brought under the eagle's control - no one on earth was able to oppose it.
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Then I saw the eagle stand up on its claws and say to its wings,
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"Not all of you are to wake up at the same time; you must sleep where you are and wake up when your turn comes,
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and the heads must wake up last."
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I looked again and saw that the voice was not coming from any of the eagle's heads but from the middle of its body.
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I counted its rival wings, and there were eight of them.
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I saw one of the wings on the right side rise up and govern the whole world.