Gabrielle’s Magical Notebook

(This tale was inspired by true events)
They had been walked long enough that there had better be something interesting at the end of the path, but not so long that they considered turning back. It had been a very pleasant walk, but still, there had better be something interesting to make it feel worth while.
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  It is hard to stay lonely at a lake. A true lake that is. It is easy to stay lonely at a one of those glorified ponds the plainsmen call lakes, but when you carry your loneliness to a true lake, a lake you can’t see across the loneliness fades and sometimes it disappears.
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