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,#,,#,,,#,  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ,###,#,##,
,##,##,,## OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ##,,####,#
##,##,#,#,   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ,,#,#,,,##
,,##,#####    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     ,,####,,#,
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#,,####,## I WAKE UP  EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S #,,,#,,,##
,#,#,,,##, DARK, AND  THE  STARS  ARE OUT,  BUT THE ##,,##,,#,
,####,,#,# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE.  ITS  A LONG  DAY, ,,#,#,#,##
##,,,#,### BEFORE  IT FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ,,#######,
#,#,,###,, THEN IT  STAYS SO UNTIL  I  FALL ASLEEP. #,#,,,,,,#
,###,#,,#, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ####,,,,,#
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##,#,,#,,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S  A  LOT OF RADIO #,,,#,,,##
,,###,##,,   EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE   ,#,,##,,#,
,,#,,##,#, PLAYERS. PEN  AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###,#,#,##
#,##,#,### MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND  VARIOUS  THINGS TO ,,,######,
###,####,, DO ART WITH. THE  FRIDGE  IS FILLED WITH ,,,#,,,,,#
,,,##,,,#, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL  OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,,##,,,,#
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#,,,##,##, I HAVE FRIENDS -  THERE'S  A CAT,  AND A ,##,##,#,,
##,,#,##,# DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE   AND ,#,##,###,
#,#,###,## WANTS TO  BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,###,##,,#
,####,,##, THE SHORTWAVE  RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,#,,##,#,#
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,,#,,##### SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS  TELL #,,####,,,
,,##,#,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE  GUITAR FOR ME, ##,#,,,#,,
,,#,###,,, AND TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD.  I #,###,,##,
,,###,,#,,      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ###,,#,#,#
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#,,,,#,,#, HEALED,  AND WHEREVER  AND  WHENEVER I'D ,,,#,#,,,,
##,,,##,## FALL ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS WAKE  UP  FULLY ,,,####,,,
#,#,,#,##, RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S #,,#,,,#,,
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#,#####,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE  FOREST  AROUND ##,##,,#,,
###,,,,#,, THE COTTAGE TRIES  TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,##,#,##,
#,,#,,,##, IT'S NOT  ENDLESS  BUT  CONNECTED  TO  A #,#,####,#
,#,##,,#,# LARGE SPRAWLING  CITY,  WHERE  MY  RADIO ,####,,,##
####,#,### FRIENDS  LIVE.  WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ##,,,#,,#,
#,,,####,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT  UNLIKE #,#,,##,##
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