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~YZY.Z}Z.Z.[R[K[(\T\.\V\.]9].^. THE FORE
ST TO THE EAST IS TOO DENSE.FOR PASSAGE.
THERE MUST BE SOME SORT.OF CLEARING TO
THE S FOR THE TREES ARE.LESS DENSE.... T
HE ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST BRANCHES.TO T
HE S, E AND W. THE FOREST ENDS JUST.A SH
ORT DISTANCE TO THE W.... THE THICK TREE
TOPS FORM A CANOPY THAT.KEEPS MOST OF TH
E SUNLIGHT FROM.REACHING THE ROAD.... TH
E ROAD IS SWALLOWED BY A DENSE.FOREST TO
THE W.... THE LONG DUSTY ROAD RUNS E AN
D W. THE.VAGUE OUTLINE OF TREES TO THE W
.INDICATES THE BEGINNING OF A FOREST....
THE RUTTED DIRT ROAD STRETCHES ON.THROU
GH WIDE GRASS PLAINS.... THE DIRT ROAD C
ONTINUES E/W THROUGH.SOME REMARKABLY GRE
EN MEADOWS.... THE ROAD SPLITS TO THE N,
S, AND W. A.FEW SPARSE TREES CAN BE SEEN
TO THE W.... YOUR PROGRESS HALTS AT THE
SHORE OF A.SPARKLING BLUE LAKE. AN OLD,
WEATHER-.BEATEN SIGN IS LYING BY THE WA
TER'S.EDGE.... SOME OF THE LETTERS ARE W
ORN OFF, BUT.YOU CAN STILL BARELY MAKE O
UT "CA T ON.A LI TO S!"... THE ROAD WIN
DS ITS WAY N AND S..THERE'S A SMALL PATC
H OF WOODS TO THE.S.... THE ROAD PASSES
THROUGH A SMALL GROVE.OF TREES.... A FEW
SCATTERED TREES ARE VISIBLE TO.THE N...
. THE ROAD RUNS N AND S THROUGH THE.TREE
S.... THE TREES DON'T SEEM QUITE AS DENS
E TO.THE N AND W.... A FEW HUNDRED FEET
FROM THE SHORE THE.WATER IS STILL ONLY U
P TO GORN'S WAIST.AND YOUR CHEST. GORN C
OCKS HIS HEAD TO.ONE SIDE AS TELLTALE SP
LASHES FROM UP.AND DOWN THE SHORELINE CA
N BE VAGUELY..HEARD. MOVING AHEAD MORE C
AUTIOUSLY,.GORN SUDDENLY STIFFENS AND TH
EN IS.JERKED QUICKLY UNDERWATER..HALF-HE
ARTEDLY EXPECTING GORN TO.RESURFACE, YOU
SEE THE WATER PART AS AN..ALLIGATOR, MA
NY TIMES YOUR LENGTH,.COMES UP INSTEAD..
.........<BALEMA SPORTS NEWS>...IT'S A S
AD DAY.FOR SPORTS LOVERS IN BALEMA TODAY
. THE.REMAINS FOUND IN THE ALLIGATOR RID
DEN.BALEMA BAYOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
.THE GREAT GORN, AND A COMPANION. GORN.W
AS THE UNDEFEATED JOUSTING CHAMPION OF.T
HE KINGDOM, AND HOLDER OF A WORLD.RECORD
IN SWASHBUCKLING. LITTLE IS.KNOWN OF TH
E COMPANION, WHO SEEMS TO.HAVE BEEN A NE
W ROYAL ADVISOR ON HIS.FIRST (AND LAST)
QUEST. GORN WILL BE.SORELY MISSED BY THE
SPORTS WORLD....
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