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Then I noticed that the twelve large wings and two of the small wings had disappeared.
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Nothing was left on the eagle's body except the three sleeping heads and the six small wings.
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I kept watching, and suddenly two of the six small wings left the others and moved under the head on the right side, while the other four remained where they were.
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Then I saw that these four small wings were plotting to rise up and seize power.
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One of them rose up, but it quickly disappeared.
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The second one also rose up, but it disappeared even more quickly than the first.
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I saw that the two remaining small wings were also plotting to seize control for themselves.
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While they were making their plans, one of the sleeping heads suddenly awoke. It was the one in the middle, the one that was larger than the other two.
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Then I saw that it was joined by the other heads,
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and when it turned to eat up the two little wings that were planning to seize power, the other two heads helped it.
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This head gained power over the whole world, established an oppressive rule over people everywhere, and exercised more power over the world than any of the other wings had done before.