1. Yeah!
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2. Great job parking, Lion!
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3. Eh. It's a little crooked.
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4. Never mind.
It's perfect!
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5. Is Lion gonna be okay
parked out here?
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6. Oh, yeah.
Uh, I just gotta lock him up.
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7. Boop, boop!
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8. Don't worry.
He's not going anywhere.
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9. I still can't believe
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10. this'll be your first time
inside of a library.
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11. Why?
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12. Because libraries are full
of your favorite thing.
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13. Books!
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14. Shh!
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15. Books.
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16. All right.
Time to beat these books.
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17. Ah.
What'd they do to you?
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18. I'm mainly trying to get
a head-start on seventh grade.
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19. We'll be covering
a lot of new stuff, so...
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20. I just want
to be prepared.
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21. Can't you just use your phone
to look stuff up?
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22. Last time I relied
on the Internet for info,
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23. I ended up writing
a very, uh...
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24. erroneous paper about raccoons
having heat-vision.
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25. Raccoons have heat vision?
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26. Shh!
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27. You should take a look around
while I get started.
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28. There's tons of stuff here
I'm sure you'll love.
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29. Okay.
B-R-B.
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30. Nonfiction?
Wild.
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31. Whee!
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32. Wow! There's even cool
books on the bottom shelves!
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33. Huh? What are you doing
down here, little buddy?
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34. It's blank!
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35. Whoa!
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36. Connie!
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37. - Look!
- It's blank?
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38. It's the journal of first mate
Buddy Buddwick!
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39. - Like, the real thing?
- Yeah!
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40. Jamie did a play about
how Buddy helped
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41. the first Mayor Dewey
discover Beach City!
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42. There's even drawings
of gem locations in here!
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43. Oh, my gosh!
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44. Forget homework.
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45. Let's take it
from the top!
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46. Yeah!
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47. After narrowly
escaping certain doom,
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48. Captain William Dewey and I,
his first mate Buddy,
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49. founded the land of Beach City.
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50. With Captain Dewey's legacy
cemented ... well, bronzed ...
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51. I wondered
what my legacy would be.
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52. Would anyone remember my name?
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53. Or will it be washed away
by the ocean of time?
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54. I'm picturing buddy as Jamie
being all sad.
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55. Oh, yeah.
Drama zone.
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56. No!
I shall not disappear!
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57. I shan't die a lowly first mate!
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58. I schwill do something great
with my life!
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59. I'll comb the world
in search of greatness!
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60. And so began a new chapter
of my life ...
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61. to explore
the previously unexplored
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62. and to make my mark
on the world!
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63. I traveled for many days
and nights
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64. until, finally, I found myself
in a field of sorts...
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65. or, should I say,
a field of swords,
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66. intermingled with giant,
sweet-smelling strawberries
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67. as big as one's head.
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68. "Who could have wielded
such a weapon?" I pondered.
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69. "What sort of battle
could this have been used for?"
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70. I contemplated.
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71. I continued to sketch,
sinking into deep concentration
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72. when I suddenly felt the touch
of a familiar hand.
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73. Ahoy.
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74. Salutations.
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75. It was two
of the Crystal Gems.
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76. Hmm.
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77. Would the Gems have looked
different back then?
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78. Yes.
Definitely.
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79. It was two of the Crystal Gems
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80. that had saved my captain
from a sea beast.
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81. And now we're here
to save you.
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82. But I'm not in peril.
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83. I'm just a humble traveler
who wants my name
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84. to be remembered
by everyone for all time.
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85. Well, travel not here,
traveler,
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86. as this place
is very dangerous.
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87. Very well.
I'll go elsewhere.
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88. Wait!
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89. There are many places
on this Earth
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90. that a human like you
should avoid.
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91. Here's a convenient marking
of all the places
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92. where you should absolutely,
under no circumstances, visit
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93. if you'd like to keep
your short life.
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94. Only the bravest,
most courageous,
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95. most memorable explorers
would dare
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96. to visit
these fascinating places.
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97. Yes, that's essentially
what I just said.
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98. Anyway,
glad we cleared that up.
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99. Fare thee well!
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100. Surely,
if I do explore these places,
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101. I'll be remembered
as brave and courageous!
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102. He drew the communication hub.
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103. Sparkling slugs?
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104. Where'd he get
these names from?
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105. Ooh!
He got this one right!
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106. I feel like I'm back there.
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107. What's this place?
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108. I don't know this one.
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109. Ooh! It looks like he went
to the kindergarten!
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110. I found myself at the most
amazing locations.
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111. Hmm.
Very pointy.
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112. Though
I could not shake the feeling
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113. that something about this
journey felt a bit... off.
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114. Hmm.
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115. I wonder why all these
tiny caves are here.
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116. Hey, Buddy!
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117. Th-This is Buddy speaking.
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118. Get out of my hole.
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119. Lo, it was the third
Crystal Gem.
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120. Do you, uh, live here?
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121. Used to!
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122. Nowadays,
I just come back every so often
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123. to see how the fam's doing.
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124. The fam?
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125. Hey, how you been?
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126. Aw!
You getting taller?
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127. Uh, give me a sec ...
I have a visitor.
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128. Why are you here?
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129. Oh. My apologies.
Here, I'll show you.
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130. I've been traveling the globe
as an adventurer and explorer.
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131. Neat!
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132. I've been on a journey
to discover
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133. places no one has ever
been before.
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134. But by the looks
of this place,
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135. many people
have been here before.
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136. Hold on.
Did you make this map?
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137. It was drawn up for me
by your compatriots.
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138. So, pbht!
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139. What have you discovered
on it?
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140. Well, I uh...
That is...
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141. Oh. Uh...
Oh, dear.
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142. I haven't discovered
a single thing on this map!
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143. Yeah, man.
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144. You're just following
someone else's footsteps.
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145. And here I was,
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146. claiming to be
a great explorer and adventurer,
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147. when all I really am...
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148. is a tourist!
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149. Whoa.
Don't get all sad on me.
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150. This is why my journey
hasn't felt right!
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151. Uh...
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152. Uh, oh, yeah!
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153. Why don't you try and find
the sand castle?
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154. Uh, wha?
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155. Out of the way.
I'll show you.
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156. It's right around here
in this sandy area.
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157. - Really?
- Yeah!
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158. They say it's never
in the same place twice.
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159. It's always rebuilding itself
all over the desert.
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160. That sounds like the perfect
adventure for me!
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161. And I'll be the first one
to see it!
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162. Heh. Okay.
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163. Thank you for your help.
Goodbye!
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164. Come back anytime!
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165. But not too much!
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166. I've been wandering this desert
for 10 days now.
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167. I suppose I could take off
my explorer's coat
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168. for a bit of relief,
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169. but if I wasn't wearing this,
people would see me and think,
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170. "Oh, just some man
wandering around.
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171. Not important at all.
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172. Why, he can't even find
the elusive sand castle!"
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173. "Ha, ha, ha" they'd say.
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174. "What a fool," they'd continue.
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175. Ugh.
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176. This is it, then ...
the end of my adventure.
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177. I've just followed a map
to my own end.
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178. And this will be the last thing
I ever see as I expire ...
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179. an angel and her ...
one, two, three ...
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180. several lions, here for my soul.
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181. Is this the end?
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182. I guess so.
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183. Oh, wait.
There's a bunch more.
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184. As I slowly regained
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185. I became aware
of a large figure
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186. in the shape of a giant woman.
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187. The ringlets of her hair
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188. spilled over her shoulders
and back
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189. like a swath of roses.
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190. Mom!
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191. Hey.
Are you okay?
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192. I realized I was surrounded
by her pack of...
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193. Seven lions?
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194. Please ... don't eat me!
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195. Oh, don't worry.
We mean no harm.
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196. That's good.
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197. Ugh.
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198. What brings a human
out to a place like this?
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199. I was a first mate on a ship,
but we found land.
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200. And then I realized I didn't
want to stay in that land,
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201. so I went to find
more land.
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202. But then I was told
not to find that land
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203. because
it was really dangerous.
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204. But I wanted
to prove myself and...
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205. Look.
I wrote it all down here.
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206. Why am I looking
for the sand castle
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207. that probably
doesn't even exist?
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208. A sand castle?
Yes.
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209. I've combed these deserts
for weeks,
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210. and there's been
no sign of one.
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211. Would that be a sign of one?
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212. That's it!
I've gotta record this!
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213. I've got to ...
Wait.
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214. You saw it first.
This doesn't count at all!
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215. I'm a terrible explorer.
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216. Eat me.
It's all I'm good for.
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217. Now, now,
that's not true at all.
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218. Sure, all these places
have been explored before,
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219. but they haven't been
recorded so intimately
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220. as they have been
in this journal.
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221. It makes them new and special
all over again
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222. for any reader
to experience.
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223. Have you ever considered
becoming an author?
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224. And become an author I did.
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225. I wrote up a storm,
making book after book,
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226. so many until I realized I
could fill a library with them!
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227. I get it!
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228. The Buddy Buddwick Library!
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229. Shh!
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230. He really did leave
a mark on this town.
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231. Whoa.
Hold the phone.
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232. Is that what he looked like?
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233. We imagined him way off.
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234. - I kind of liked our version better.
- Me, too.
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