ONCE A FOREST SAID Come live under our protection. Winters are warmer, Summers cooler, nuts and fruits abound where you learn to gather, wisdom when you learn to observe in peace. Everything you need is here, adventure, passion, mystery, even your death as one of endless transformations so intimately embraced Autumn is blessed as Spring.

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