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Far above, the trees' great branches spread out a thick canopy, covering the whole of the forest area in a relaxing and invigorating twilight, rendering itself homely and quaint. FAR ABOVE THE TREES GREAT BRANCHES SPREAD OUT A THICK CANOPY COVERING THE WHOLE OF THE FOREST AREA IN A RELAXING AND INVIGORATING TWILIGHT RENDERING ITSELF HOMELY AND QUAINT
er. 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. 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. A short, soft grass clothed the land that stretched on in their midst, joined in its solitude by a hearty looking moss that stretched itself out on the trunks of the trees and on the rocks and boulders that lay scattered here and there among the open spaces. O 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 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 A SHORT SOFT GRASS CLOTHED THE LAND THAT STRETCHED ON IN THEIR MIDST JOINED IN ITS SOLITUDE BY A HEARTY LOOKING MOSS THAT STRETCHED ITSELF OUT ON THE TRUNKS OF THE TREES AND ON THE ROCKS AND BOULDERS THAT LAY SCATTERED HERE AND THERE AMONG THE OPEN SPACES
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