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..-^%$#@## people access the  island  by a  bridge. ##@#$%^-..
...-^%$#@# it's meant  not for  small  creatures  - #@#$%^-...
....-^%$#@ this  way  over  is narrow  and crowded, @#$%^-....
.....-^%$#               and violent.               #$%^-.....
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.......-^% as it  crosses the  narrow,  the road is %^-.......
........-^ wide,  made strong by the concrete.  the ^-........
.........- flow  is  deep  and  sweet,  and  heavy. -.........
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.......... pretty soon though the  road branches in ..........
.......... two. sometime after this  the same thing ..........
.......... happens again. this  time,  however,  we ..........
.......... get a  peculiar relationship between the ..........
.........- new roads:  a  bigger one  goes straight -.........
........-^ ahead,  while   a  smaller  one   snakes ^-........
.......-^%            around it like ivy.           %^-.......
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.....-^%$# this ivy road is  home to  a  great deal #$%^-.....
....-^%$#@ of  supple creeks and  nooks. the  water @#$%^-....
...-^%$#@# flows  slower  here, people are  slower, #@#$%^-...
..-^%$#@## creatures  come  out of  their  shadows. ##@#$%^-..
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....-^%$#@ a  good  place  for  a little specialist @#$%^-....
.....-^%$#                  shop!                   #$%^-.....
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