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I was but a boy when I first discovered the grove in the wood, or, perhaps, when it discovered me. I came across the path leading to it down from my grandparents’ house where I would often visit in the summer months, wild and free from the responsibilities of school. At perhaps ten years of age, while whiling the days away in the simple pleasures of fresh air and sunshine, I stumbled upon the strange ...
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