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.#..##..#.   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ##.###.#..
.##.#.#.## OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ..##..###.
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####.##.## SUN IS ABOUT TO  RISE. ITS  A LONG  DAY, ..###..#.#
....##.##. BEFORE IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ..#..#.###
#...#.##.# THEN IT  STAYS SO UNTIL  I  FALL ASLEEP. ..##.###..
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.#.#.##### PLAYERS. PEN  AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, .#...#....
.#####.... MIRRORS,  PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS  TO .##..##...
.#....#... DO  ART  WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##.#.#.#..
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###..#...# DOG  (WHO   IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE  AND #.######.#
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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 .###.#.##.
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#######... FALL  ASLEEP I'D  ALWAYS WAKE  UP  FULLY .##.#.#.##
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.#######.. 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 .#..###.#.
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