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.,-^†*¤¶#@ COLOURFUL SPARKS FOR  THE IMAGINATION, A @#¶¤*†^-,.
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,:=:§¤¤@## TAKE   ME  SERIOUSLY  AND  I  FEAR  THEY ##@¤¤§:=:,
¨,-†^%&### SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD ###&%^†-,¨
,-»/=$&#@# BEFORE  YOU  LEARN THE  TRADE  ENOUGH TO #@#&$=/»-,
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,^~:%£#@## SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. ##@#£%:~^,
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¨^=†=%¤¶#£ SOMETHING GOING  ON AHEAD.  THOSE AROUND £#¶¤%=†=^¨
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¨¨¨,-~»/=§ BOOK OF STARS,  IS   A   COMBINED   MAP, §=/»~-,¨¨¨
¨.~**@#£## CALENDAR  AND TIMEPIECE  AS LONG  AS YOU ##£#@**~.¨
.,»;†§@¶@# KNOW  WHAT YEAR  IT IS. EVERY  PAGE IS A #@¶@§†;»,.
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..~\=£§### BELOW WHICH  ARE  WRITTEN COORDINATES IN ###§£=\~..
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.,,-»*$%¤§ THOSE PAGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT I  SCRAMBLE §¤%$*»-,,.
..=;%&%@§# FOR RIGHT NOW.  I'VE STOPPED  BREATHING. #§@%&%;=..
,~«=$@£### I  SLING OPEN THE  BOOK  OF STARS A  BIT ###£@$=«~,
¨,-††$¤£## TOO QUICK,  SPILLING ALL MY NOTES ON THE ##£¤$††-,¨
¨~»\%§@### GROUND.  ONE LANDS  ON MY FOOT, IT IS  A ###@§%\»~¨
¨,.¨:†%%§@ DRAWING OF  A  MUSCLE COW,  BUT I  COULD @§%%†:¨.,¨
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