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Question
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
What is reaching to the ground?
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Solution
The shockwave is reaching the ground.
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Bright you sparkle on your way;
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play.
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