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@¶&$††~,¨¨ 1 COULDN'T GO TO. R3G4RDLESS HOW MUCH ¨¨,~††$&¶@
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ D1SCUSS3D W1TH OTH3RS, OR PO1NT3D OUT ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
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$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ 4LON3. 1 WOULD OFT3N TR4V3L P4ST TH3 ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ FORK, WH3RE 4 R1GHT TURN WOULD SUR3LY ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ T4K3 M3 TH3RE, BUT 3VEN TH3N, SOM3TH1NG ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
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#@¶&$††~,¨ H34VY SUBCONSC1OUS B4TTL3 1 MUST ¨,~††$&¶@#
@¶&$††~,¨¨ 4SSUM3, TH3 PL4C3 W4S SURR34L. 4N ¨¨,~††$&¶@
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$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ 4DORN3D 1N B1RCH, W1LLOW, BR4CK3N, 4ND ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
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¶&$††~,¨¨¨ NOT1C3 TH3 V13W TO 31THER S1D3. TH3RE ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
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#@¶&$††~,¨ D1DN'T R3COGN1ZE TH3M. F1RST OFF, TH3Y ¨,~††$&¶@#
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¶&$††~,¨¨¨ STR3TCH FOR 4 HUNDR3D M3TERS MOR3 ON ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
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$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ 4LMOST R34CH OUT 4ND TOUCH TH3M. 4ND ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ TH3N, WH3N 1 R34L1ZED WH1CH SHOR3S TH3Y ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
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¶&$††~,¨¨¨ TH3Y W3RE OF TH3 R1GHT L4K3. BUT TH1S ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
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#@¶&$††~,¨ B1P4RTIT3. L1K3 4 P41R OF LUNGS C4RV3D ¨,~††$&¶@#
@¶&$††~,¨¨ 1NTO TH3 GR4N1T3, 4ND W1TH NO L3SS TH4N ¨¨,~††$&¶@
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ F1V3 COMMUN1TI3S 4NCHOR3D 4T V4R1OUS ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ PO1NTS. 4ND SO, STUDY1NG TH3SE ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ 1MPOSSIBLY CLOS3 SHOR3S, 1 SLOWLY ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ UND3RSTOOD TH3M 4S B3LONG1NG M4NY M1L3S ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ 4WAY. ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
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¶&$††~,¨¨¨ 1 3X4M1NED TH3 R1DG3, TH3 TR3EL1NE ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
@¶&$††~,¨¨ 4BOV3. W4S TH1S WH4T YOU S4W OPPOS1T3, ¨¨,~††$&¶@
#@¶&$††~,¨ FROM THOS3 OTH3R SHOR3S? 1 COULDN'T ¨,~††$&¶@#
@¶&$††~,¨¨ R3MEMBER. ¨¨,~††$&¶@
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$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ TH3 3SKER, 1 FOUND TH3 RU1NS OF SOM3 ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ OLD BU1LDING. TH3RE W3RE OV3RGROWN ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ M4RBL3 ST41RCAS3S, STON3 FLOORS B3NE4TH ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ TH3 MOSS, 4ND STR4NG3 SL4BS 1NS3RTED ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ 1NTO TH3 SLOP3 L1K3 D4MS 4GA1NST TH3 ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
@¶&$††~,¨¨ GROUND 1TS3LF. ¨¨,~††$&¶@
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@¶&$††~,¨¨ S1TTING TH3RE, 1 COULD S3E 4CROSS TH3 ¨¨,~††$&¶@
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ N4RROW3D L4K3 MY 3NT1RE P4TH TO WH3RE 1 ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ S4T: FROM TH3 ST41RW3LL OF MY HOUS3, ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ THROUGH TH3 OLD WOODS B3H1ND TH3 T1L3 ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ F4CTORY, TH3 BR1DG3 OV3R ROUT3 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ TW3NTY THREE 4ND TH3N B4CK UND3R 1T, ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ THROUGH TH3 F4NCY V1LL4S, OV3R TH3 ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ F13LDS, 4ND TH3N TH4T R1GHT TURN 4T TH3 ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
@¶&$††~,¨¨ FORK. ¨¨,~††$&¶@
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@¶&$††~,¨¨ 4ND TH3N TH3 ST41RS UP ON TH3 R1DG3. ¨¨,~††$&¶@
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ TH1NKING B4CK, TH1S W4S PROB4BLY 1T. ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ H1DD3N 1N 4 GROV3, TH3RE W3RE ST41RS ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ MUCH L1K3 TH3 ON3S 1 CURR3NTLY S4T ON, ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ OLD 4ND WORN DOWN, TH4T L34D YOU UP ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ ONTO TH3 3SKER. TH3 PO1NT OF 3NTRY. H4D ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
&$††~,¨¨¨¨ 1 1NST3D OPT3D TO W4LK TH3 P4TH 4T 1TS ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
¶&$††~,¨¨¨ FOOT, 1'M SUR3 MY 3XPER1ENCE WOULD'V3 ¨¨¨,~††$&¶
@¶&$††~,¨¨ B3EN D1FF3RENT 1ND3ED. ¨¨,~††$&¶@
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&$††~,¨¨¨¨ ON TH3 L4K3, TH3RE W3RE P3OPLE 1N ¨¨¨¨,~††$&
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ BO4TS. 1 WOND3RED, COULD TH3Y 3VEN S3E ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
††~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ M3? 1F 1 SHOUT3D, WOULD TH3Y TURN TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~††
$††~,¨¨¨¨¨ ST4R3 R1GHT THROUGH M3? ¨¨¨¨¨,~††$
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