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The=20path=20through=20the=20forest=20was=20well-worn,=20carpeted=20with=20=
pine=20needles=20that=20muffled=20our=20steps.=20My=20friend=20pointed=20to=
=20a=20cluster=20of=20mushrooms=20growing=20in=20a=20perfect=20circle=20at=
=20the=20base=20of=20an=20old=20oak.=20"Fairy=20ring,"=20she=20whispered,=
=20as=20if=20speaking=20too=20loudly=20might=20break=20the=20spell.=20We=20=
continued=20on,=20the=20air=20cool=20and=20smelling=20of=20damp=20earth=20a=
nd=20resin.=20A=20woodpecker=20tapped=20a=20staccato=20rhythm=20somewhere=
=20high=20above.=20We=20reached=20the=20clearing=20by=20the=20creek,=20the=
=20one=20we'd=20been=20coming=20to=20since=20we=20were=20kids.=20The=20wate=
r=20was=20low,=20revealing=20stones=20smoothed=20by=20centuries=20of=20flow=
=20We=20sat=20on=20our=20usual=20log,=20its=20bark=20long=20gone,=20the=20=
surface=20polished=20smooth=20by=20weather=20and=20time.=20She=20pulled=20o=
ut=20two=20apples=20from=20her=20backpack,=20handing=20one=20to=20me.=20We=
=20ate=20in=20comfortable=20silence,=20watching=20the=20water=20striders=20=
dart=20across=20the=20still=20pools.=20"Remember=20when=20we=20tried=20to=
=20build=20a=20raft"=20she=20asked,=20a=20smile=20in=20her=20voice.=20I=20l=
aughed.=20"It=20sank=20in=20about=20ten=20seconds."=20"We=20were=20so=20det=
ermined,"=20she=20said.=20The=20sun=20shifted,=20finding=20a=20gap=20in=20t=
he=20canopy=20to=20spotlight=20a=20patch=20of=20ferns,=20making=20them=20gl=
ow=20a=20brilliant,=20almost=20unreal=20green.=20A=20squirrel=20chattered=
=20at=20us=20from=20a=20branch,=20its=20tail=20twitching=20with=20indignati=
on.=20We=20talked=20about=20nothing=20in=20particular=E2=80=94the=20new=20b=
akery=20in=20town,=20a=20book=20she=20was=20reading,=20the=20strange=20drea=
m=20I'd=20had=20about=20flying=20over=20a=20city=20made=20of=20glass.=20It=
=20was=20the=20kind=20of=20conversation=20that=20meanders=20like=20the=20cr=
eek,=20following=20its=20own=20quiet=20course.=20As=20we=20stood=20to=20lea=
ve,=20brushing=20off=20bits=20of=20bark=20and=20leaf,=20she=20pocketed=20a=
=20particularly=20interesting=20stone,=20white=20with=20a=20quartz=20vein=
=20running=20through=20it=20like=20a=20lightning=20bolt.=20"For=20the=20win=
dowsill,"=20she=20said.=20The=20walk=20back=20felt=20shorter,=20the=20shado=
ws=20longer.=20We=20promised=20to=20do=20it=20again=20next=20week,=20same=
=20time,=20same=20place.=20Some=20traditions=20don't=20need=20to=20be=20gra=
nd;=20they=20just=20need=20to=20be.=20The=20forest=20held=20our=20quiet=20h=
istory,=20and=20with=20every=20visit,=20we=20added=20another=20peaceful=20p=
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