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,#,,,#,,#, TO  YOUR SIDES ARE  WALLS MADE OF TREES, ,##,,#,,,,
,,#,,,#,,# THICK  AND READY TO SWALLOW YOU. THE SUN ,###,,#,,,
,,,#,,,#,, IS  NOWHERE TO BE  SEEN,  BUT NONTHELESS ,#,##,,#,,
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,###,,#,,, LATE,  OR  YOU ARE  LATE  TO  THE TRAIN. ##,,#,##,,
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,,#,,,###, THE TRACKS  LEAVE THE  GROUND, WHICH  IS ,,,,,#,,,#
#,,#,,#,## NEEDED   FOR  OTHER  PURPOSES.  YOU  ARE #,,,,,#,,,
,#,,#,,,##   CARRIED GENTLY, CURVING UPWARDS UNTIL  ,#,,,,,#,,
,,#,,#,,#, YOU'RE MOVING  UPWARD ALONG THE  WALL OF ,,#,,,,,#,
,,,#,,#,,, A BUILDING.  IT'S  MADE OF SLABBY STONE, #,,#,,,,,#
#,,,#,,#,,    WITH GREAT GLASSLESS WINDOW HOLES     ##,,#,,,,,
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