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The trees themselves were mighty pinions of strength, tall and of great girth, and spread far apart from one another, leaving wide open spaces between their towering trunks. THE TREES THEMSELVES WERE MIGHTY PINIONS OF STRENGTH TALL AND OF GREAT GIRTH AND SPREAD FAR APART FROM ONE ANOTHER LEAVING WIDE OPEN SPACES BETWEEN THEIR TOWERING TRUNKS
uty of the day, and even that promised to soon dissipate with the continual strengthening of the sun's warmth. As I walked, or rather, trotted along, it did just that, and in the growing warmth of the day the sweet fragrances of the many various grasses rose to the surface, delighting my odor perceiving sensors with their earthy simplicity. The day marched on, and with it I, and the distant wall of trees began to slowly grow closer. At length, I found myself at their edge, at around the noon hour, and as I came upon the first of them, I leaned against the trunk of a large, thickset tree for a moment of repose and reflection in its shade. It was by all appearances an ancient wood, for the line between it and the prairie was distinct, appearing as if the shrubs and lesser flora had acquiesced to fate and retreated beyond the forest's claimed boundaries, rather than continue for countless ages to charge and then be pushed back, to gain a foothold only to be thrown out a year or two later. ACED THE TEMPERATE BEAUTY OF THE DAY AND EVEN THAT PROMISE TO SOON DISSIPATE WITH THE CONTINUAL STRENGTHENING OF THE SUN'S WARMTH AS I WALKED OR RATHER TROTTED ALONG IT DID JUST THAT AND IN THE GROWING WARMTH OF THE DAY THE SWEET FRAGRANCES OF THE MANY VARIOUS GRASSES ROSE TO THE SURFACE DELIGHTING MY ODOR PERCEIVING SENSES WITH THEIR EARTHLY SIMPLICITY THE DAY MARCHED ON AND WITH IT I AND THE DISTANT WALL OF TREES BEGAN TO SLOWLY GROW CLOSER AT LENGTH I FOUND MYSELF AT THEIR EDGE AT AROUND THE NOON HOUR AND AS I CAME UPON THE FIRST OF THEM I LEANED AGAINST THE TRUNK OF A LARGE THICK SET TREE FOR A MOMENT OF REPOSE AND REFLECTION IN ITS SHADE IT WAS BY ALL APPEARANCES AN ANCIENT WOOD FOR THE LINE BETWEEN IT AND THE PRAIRIE WAS DISTINCT APPEARING AS IF THE SHRUBS AND THE LESSER FLORA HAD ACQUIESCED TO FATE AND RETREATED BEYOND THE FOREST CLAIM BOUNDARIES RATHER THAN CONTINUE FOR COUNTLESS AGES TO CHARGE AND THEN BE PUSHED BACK TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD ONLY TO BE THROWN OUT A YEAR OR TWO LATER
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