By Nathaniel Hawthorne
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He reached for the vase. It was filled with water. He threw the dried rose into the water. Soon, a change began to appear. The crushed and dried petals moved. They slowly turned from brown to red. And there was the old rose looking fresh, just like when Sarah Ward first gave it to him.
"That is a very pretty trick," said the doctor's friends. "What is the secret?"
"Did you ever hear of the Fountain of Youth?" asked Doctor Heidegger. "The Spanish e...