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(1-ONCE UPON A TIME, ON A LOVELY EVENINGS, MANY LONG, LONG YEARS OR WEEKS AGO, OR MAYBE TWICE, WE'RE NOT TOO SURE, WE OPEN UP IN CYBERVILLE, A TOWN THAT THEY SAY IS PLASTIC AND FAKE, AND FULL OF GLASSY AND PLASTIC THINGS, AND THEY LIKED IT THAT WAY, A TOWN WITHOUT NATURE, NOT ONE LIVING THING, OR CREATURE, EXCEPT PETS, AND, SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?!... CUE THE MUSIC, LET'S SEE!... AT THE FAR END OF TOWN, WHERE THE GRICKLES-GREENY-GRASS GROWS, AND, THE WIND SMELLS SALTY AND SOUR, WHEN IT BLOWS, AND, NO BIRDS EVER SING, EXCEPT IN OLD BLACK CROWS IS THE STREET OF THE LIFTED TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS, AND, DEEP IN THE GRICKLE-GRASS, SOME PEOPLE SAY, THAT IF YOU LOOK DEEP ENOUGH, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT, TODAY, WHERE THE LIFTED UP TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS ONCE STOOD AT, JUST AS LONG AS IT COULD DO IN IT FOR IT, AND BEFORE SOMEBODY LIKE THE ONCELER-WATCHER LIFTED THEM AWAY, AND, WHAT WAS THE LIFTED UP TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS?!... AND, WHY WAS IT THERE?!... AND WHY WAS IT LIFTED AWAY AND TAKEN FAR AWAY SOMEWHERE FROM THE FAR END OF TOWN OF WHERE GRICKLES-GRASS GROWS?!... THE ONCELER-WATCHER STILL LIVES HERE, ASK HER ABOUT IT, SHE KNOWS!... YOU WON'T SEE THE ONCELER-WATCHER, DON'T KNOCK ON HER DOORS, SHE STAYS UP TOP IN HER LERKIN-BEDROOMS, ON THE TOP OF HER STORES-CAFE-CLUB-HOUSE-INN-LIKE-HOME, AND, SHE LURKS AROUND IN THERE, WHERE IT'S ALWAYS COLD UNDERNEATH THE ROOF, WHERE SHE MAKES AND SEWS HER OWN CLOTHES, OUT OF FABRIC AND OTHER THINGS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, ON SPECIAL DANK MISTY MIDNIGHTS IN AUGUST OR JULY OR JUNE, AND, SOMETIMES, SHE SPEAKS AND, TELLS ON HOW THE LIFTED TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS WAS LIFTED AWAY, AND, SHE'LL TELL YOU, PERHAPS, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY UP IN IT FOR IT, TOO. ANYWAY, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, ON THE END OF A SMALL-TO-LONGROPE, SHE LETS DOWN A PAIL-LIKE-BUCKET, AND, THEY SAY THAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TALL TALES, IT'S THAT YOU HAVE TO TOSS IN 25 CENTS, A NAIL, A GIFT-BASKET, AND, THE SHELLS OF A CRABS OR A SNAIL, AND, THEN, SHE PULLS IT BACK UP, AND, SHE MAKES THE MOST CAREFUL COUNT OR AMOUNT OF IT, OR NOT, TO SEE IF YOU'VE PAID HER THE RIGHT AND PROPER AMOUNTS FOR IT IN IT, ANYWAY, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, YET, AND, THEN, SHE HIDES ON WHAT YOU'VE PAID HER IN HER POCKETS, AND, GLOVES AND CUPS IN HER BEDROOMS, AND, THEN, SHE GRUNTS AND SAYS, "NOW, I WILL CALL YOU ON BY MY WHISPER-MA-IPHONE IN THE BUCKET, FOR THE SECRETS THAT I WILL SPILL FROM IT ARE FOR YOUR EARS ALONE, AND, IT WILL TELL YOU VERY SOON ON WHY IT WAS MY FAULT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO FOR IT INIT, TOO!..."-SHE REPLIED, SLUPP!... UP AND THEN, DOWN SLIPS THE WHISPER-MA-IPHONE TO YOUR EARS, AND, THE OLD ONCELER-WATCHER ARE NOT VERY CLEAR, AND, SINCE THET HAVE TO COME DOWNTHROUGH A SNERGELLY-HOSE, AND, SHE SOUNDS AS IF SHE HAD SMALL-ISH BEES OR WASPS OR BUGS UP HER NOSES, AND, SO, "NOW, I'LL TELL YOU!..." SHE SAYS AND REPLIED, WITH HER TEETH SOUNDING GREY, SHE SMILED, FROWNED, SMILED, "ON HOW THE LIFTED UP TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS GOT LIFTED AWAY AND TAKEN AWAY, AND, WHY IT WAS MY FAULT THAT THIS HAPPENED, AND, IT ALL STARTED WAY, WAY BACK, SUCH A LONG, LONG TIME BACK, WHERE AND WHEN I WAS A YOUNG WOMAN LEAVING MY OLD HOME, OFF TO GO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MY NEW TOYS AND PUPPETS AND INVENTIONS AND SHOWS IN IT FOR IT, TOO!..."-SHE REPLIED, WITH A GRIN AND THEN, WITH A FROWN, AS SHE SIGHS SADLY, 'WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN THE GRASS WAS STILL GREEN AND POINTY, AND, THE PONDS AND LAKES WERE STILL WET, AND, THE CLOUDS WERE STILL CLEAN, AND, THE SONGS OF THE SWANS AND BIRDS ONCE RANG OUT IN SPACES, ONE MORNING AND I CAME TO THIS GLORIOUS PLACE, AND, I FIRST SAW THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TREES AND ANIMALS ALIKE, BUT, OH, THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND COLORFUL AND GLOWING TREES, MILES AFTER MILES IN THE FRESH MORNING WINDY BREEZES IT LAID IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, YET, AND, UNDER THE TREES, I SAW THE COLORFUL BROWN AND WHITE AND BLACK BEARS, AND, ZOO-ANIMALS OF ALL KINDS, FRISKING AND DANCING AND PLAYING AROUND AND ABOUT IN THEIR OWN FURRY SUITS, AS THEY PLAYED IN THE SHADE AND THEY ATE ALL OF THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES THAT GREW IN THOSE BEAUTIFUL GLOWING GARDENS, NEXT TO MY WOODS AND BEAUTIFUL FANCY-TRAILER-LIKE-HOME IN IT FOR IT, TOO. THUS, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, FROM THE RIPPULOUS PONDS AND LAKES CAME A COMFORTABLES SOUNDS AND MUSICAL SOUNDS OF THE HUMMING FISHES AND OTHER ANIMALS AND BIRDS, WHILE THEY WERE SPLASHING AROUND IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. OH, BUT, THOSE COLORFUL TREES, THOSE TREES, ALL OF MY LIFE, I HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR TREES AND COMMON GEMS ON THE ROCKS LIKE THESE ONES, AND, THE TOUCH OF THEIR TUFFS AND WOOD WAS AS HARD AND SOFT AS ROCKS AND SHEEPS'S VERY SOFT WHOOLE, AND, I FELT A GREAT LEAPING OF JOY IN MY HEART, AND, I KNEW ON WHAT I JUST I'D DO, I UNLOADED MY WAGON-RED-CART, AND IN NO TIME AT ALL, I HAD BUILT A SMALL SHOP-CAFE-INN-LIKE-TRAILER-CLUB-HOUSE-HOME, AND, THEN, I JUST CHOPPED DOWN ONE TREE WITH ONE CHOP, AND, TOOK A FEW COMMON GLOWING COLORFUL GEMS FROM THE ROCKS-MOUNTAINS, AND, WITH GREAT GREEDY AND SKILLFUL SPEEDS, I TOOK THE VERY SOFT TUFT AND I MADE SMALL CLOTHES AND SCARFS OUT OF IT, I USED THE WOODS FOR FIRES-PLACES AND MAKING RANDOM TOYS OR PUPPETS WITH THEM IN IT FOR IT, TOO. THE INSTANT THAT I'D FINISHED, I HEAD A VERY LOUD THUMP-AND-GA-ZUMP!... I LOOKED, AND, I SAW ON WHAT POPPED OUT OF THE STUMP OF THE TREES THAT I HAD JUST CHOPPED DOWN AND IT WAS A SORT OF A TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS, HOW TO DESCRIBE HIM?!... THAT'S HARD, I DON'T KNOW ON HOW IF I CAN!...THEY WERE SHORTISH AND TALLISH AND OLDISH AND BROWNISH AND WHITEISH AND MOSSY AND SHE SPOKE WITH A VOICES THAT WAS SHARPISH AND BOSSY IN IT FOR IT, TOO. "HEY, MISSY!..."-THEY SAID WITH A SAW-DUSTY-LIKE-SNEEZES, "WE ARE THE TROLLS-OGRES-GUARDIANS, WE SPEAK FOR THE NATURE OF THE TREES, AND, FOR THE TREES AND BUSHES AND FLOWERS HAVE NO TONGUES, AND, I'M ASKING YOU, MISSIES, AT THE VERY TOP OF MY LUNGS, WHAT'S THAT THING THAT YOU'VE MADE OUR TUFTS AND WOODS AND GEMS!?!..."-THEY WONDERED, THEY WERE VERY UPSET AND SHE SHOUTED AND PUFFED, "LOOK, MY FELLOW GUARDIANS,"-I SAID, "THERE'S NO CAUSE FOR ALARMS, I JUST CHOPPED DOWN ONE TREE AND TOOK A FEW GEMS AND TUFTS, I AM DOING NO HARM TO IT, I'M BEING QUITE USEFUL! FOR THING IS MY NEW INVENTIONS, TOYS, AND, PUPPETS AND CLOTHES, THAT'S JUST IT! IT CAN BE ANYTHING FOR EVERYTHING THAT ALL PEOPLE NEEDS, YEAH, FAR BEYOND THAT, AND, YOU CAN USE IT FOR CARPETS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE PILLOWS AND SHEETS, AND, CURTAINS AND OR COVERS FOR BICYCLE SEATS!..." AND, THEN, THE GUARDIANS SAID, "MISSIES! YOU ARE CRAZY WITH GREED, THERE IS NO ONE ON EARTH WHO WOULD BUY THOSE FOOLISH INVENTIONS!..." BUT, SADLY, AT THE VERY NEXT MINUTES, I PROVED THAT THEY WERE WRONG, AND, FOR ONCE, AT THAT MINUTE, WHEN IT WOULDN'T BE SOLD FOR THE FIRST TIMES, OR SECOND TIMES, SOME FINE CHAPS-GENTS-MEN AND NICE FANCY LADIES CAME ALONG, AND, THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT THOSE INVENTIONS WERE GREAT, AND, EVERYBODY WANTED ONE FOR IT, AFTER THAT MESS, WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT, WHEN I COULDN'T SELL IT ON THOSE DAYS ONCE FOR IT, AND IT WASN'T SELLABLE FOR THEM, AT FIRST, AND, NOW IT WAS FOR THEM IN IT AS WELL, AND, THEY ALL BOUGHT ONE OF THEM FOR THEIR OWN FRIENDS AND FAMILIES FOR 1,008$, AND, EVEN THE LITTLE KIDS LIKED MY INVENTIONS FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, I LAUGHED AND GRINNED AT THE GUARDIANS, "YOU POOR STUPID GUYS AND GALS, YOU NEVER CAN TELL ON WHAT SOME FANCY COOL PEOPLE WILL BUY!..."-I REPLIED, SMILED, FROWNED, CHUCKLES, SMILED AS I WENT BACK TO WORK, AND, TRIED TO IGNORE THEM AS BEST AS I COULD DO IN IT FOR IT, TOO. "WE REPEAT!... WE SPEAK FOR THE NATURES OF THE MAGICAL GEMS AND TREES!..."-THEY CALLED OUT TO ME IN REPLY, "I'M BUSY!... SO, SHUT IT UP, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE IT!..."-I REPLIED, AND, SO, I RUSHED ACROSS THE ROOMS AND I CALLED OUT TO MY ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS TO GET TO WORK, AFTER I MADE THEM BY HAND AND THEN, MY FACTORIES MADE THEM FOR ME BY HAND, SINCE ALL OF MY OTHER FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WERE BUSY AND COULDN'T HELP ME TO COME TO WORK, AFTER THEY WERE GLAD FOR ME THAT I MADE A SUCCESS FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, THEN, IN NO USEFUL TIME AT ALL, IN THE FACTORY, THAT I HAD HELP FROM MY HANDY-HAND-MAKER-BUILDER-SMACKER THAT BUILT IT, AND, THE WHOLE ONCLER-WATCHER'S ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS WAS WORKING FULL TILT, AND, THEY WERE ALL BUSY MAKING AND BUILDING MY INVENTIONS AT WORK, JUST AS BUSY AS BEES, THAT WE WERE ALL BUSY LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF THE CHOPPING TREES TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE GUARDIANS'S RANTINGS AND COMPLAININGS, AND, THEN, OH, BABY, OH!... OH, HOW MY BUSINESSES DID GROW, AND, NOW, COPPING DOWN MORE THAN ONE TREES AT A TIME IT WAS GOING TOO SLOW, FOR ME AND MY BUSINESS GATHERING ONE WOOD AND TUFT BY HAND AT A TIME, AND, SO, I QUICKLY INVENTED MY SUPER-AXE-HAMMER-HACKER-WHACKER, AND, IN WHICH HAD BEEN BUSY WHACKING WOOD BY WOOD AND ONE BY ONE, AT ONE SMACKER-CHOPPER, AND, WE WERE BUSY INVENTING SO MANY RANDOM THINGS, FROM IT'S LOVELY GARDEN, SO MANY THINGS THAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM IT IN IT, TO BUILD FOR THEM, AND, THE GUARDIANS?!... WELL, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP ANYMORE!... BUT, SADLY, THE VERY NEXT WEEK, THEY KNOCKED ON MY FRONT DOORS, AND, THEY GAVE ME A WARNING, AND, BUT, I DIDN'T HEED THEIR WARNINGS, AND, THEN, THE VERY NEXT FEW DAYS OR SO, THEY KNOCKED AGAIN, WHILE I WAS BUSY WORKING ON SORTING OUT FILES AND OTHER THINGS IN MY OFFICE, AND THEY SNAPPED, "WE ARE THE GUARDIANS WHO SPEAKS FOR THE NATURES OF GEMS AND TREES!... WHICH YOU SEEM TO BE CHOPPING AS FAST AS QUICKLY AS YOU PLEASE!... BUT, I'M ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE WOODLAND CREATURES AND BEARS WHO ONCE PLAYED IN THEIR COLORFUL RAINBOW-LIKE SUITS, AND, THEY ALL LIVED HAPPILY EATING THE VEGGIES AND FRUITS THAT YOU ALSO TOOK AWAY FROM THEM IN IT FOR IT, TOO!... AND, NOW, THANKS TO YOUR HACKING AND SMACKING DOWN OUR TREES AND TAKING AWAY OUR MOST VAULABLE COMMON GEMS AWAY FROM THOSE ROCKS IN THE GROUNDS, AND, NOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOODS OR WATERS FOR THEM TO GO AROUND, AND, MY BEARS AND WOODLAND CREATURES AND ZOO-ANIMALS ALL GETTING CRUMMIES IN THEIR TUMMIES, BECAUSE OF NO MORE FOOD LEFT AND, THEY HAVE GAS IN IT FOR IT, TOO!..." THEY WENT ON, "THEY LOVED LIVING HERE, BUT, SADLY, I CAN'T LET THEM STAY HERE ANYMORE, AND, THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND FOOD AND DESSERTS THAT THEY CAN'T FIND OR EAT ANYMORE, AND, THEY'LL HAVE TO FIND FOOD ELSEWHERE!... GOOD LUCK BOYS AND GALS!..." AS I THE ONCELER-WATCHER FELT SAD AND MAD AT MYSELF, AND, WATCHED THEM ALL WALK AWAY, BUT, SADLY, BUSINESS WAS BUSINESS AND, SO, BUSINESS MUST GROW, REGARDLESS OF CRUMMIES IN TUMMIES, Y'KNOW!... ANYWAY, AS TIME KEEPS ON PASSING BY, IMEANT THEM NO HARM, AND, I MOST TRULY DID NOT, BUT, SADLY, I HAD TO GROW IT BIGGER AND THE BIGGER I MADE IT, THE BIGGER IT GOT AND I GOT, AND, I BIGGERED MY WAGONS AND CARTS AND TRUCKS AND I BIGGERED THE LOADS OF MY NEW SMALL AND TO MEDIUM AND TO BIG INVENTIONS, THAT I SLIPPED OUT IN BOXES AND PUT THEM IN MY ROBOTS'S TRUCKS, AND, I WAS BUSY SHIPPING THEM OUT, AND, I WENT RIGHT ON BIGGERING THEM MUCH QUICKER, AND, AND, I WAS SHIPPING THEM OUT FORTH TO THE SOUTH, NORTH, EAST AND WEST ROADS AND PATHS, SELLING AND BUYING MORE THINGS, WITH SOME HELP FROM MY NEW FRIENDS, AND, I WENT ON BIGGERING NEW THINGS AND I BIGGERED ON MY MONEY AND INVENTIONS THAT EVERYBODY NEEDS IN IT FOR IT, TOO!... THEN, AGAIN, THEY CAME BACK WITH MORE COMPLAINTS FROM WRITTEN WITHIN THEIR LETTERS, AND NOTES THAT THEY SENT TO ME, WHILE I WAS SORTING OUT MY MAIL, AND, EMAIL AND NOTES AND FILES AT WORK, AND, THEN, THE OLD NUISANCES KNOWN AS THE GUARDIANS CAME BACK WITH MORE COMPLAINTS AND GRIPINGS TO ME, "WE ARE THE GUARDIANS! WE SPEAK FOR THE NATURE OF THINGS AND GEMS AND TREES!... ONCELER-WATCHER, OH, ONCELER-WATCHER!... YOU'RE MAKING A LOT OF SMOGGY-SMOKE IN THE AIR, AND, MY POOR SWANNS AND PARROTS AND HAWKS AND EAGLES AND OTHER BIRDS, BUT, SADLY, WHY! THEY CAN'T SING OR HUM OR WHISTLE A NOTE!... WHY, NO ONE CAN SING WHO HAS SMOGGY-SMOKES IN THEIR THROATS!..." THEY WENT ON, AND SAID, "AND, SO!... PLEASE, PARDON OUR COUGHS AND SNEEZES!... THEY ALSO CANNOT LIVE HERE! AND, SO, WE'RE SENDING THEM OFF!... WHERE WILL THEY GO?!... I HOPEFULLY DON'T KNOW!... THEY MAY HAVE TO FLY FOR A MONTH, OR A YEAR, TO ESCAPE AWAY FROM THE SMOGGY-SMOKE THAT YOU'VE SMOGGED AROUND HERE!..."-THEY REPLIED, THEY WENT ON, "WHAT'S MORE-!..." SNAPPED THE GUARDIANS, THEIR DANDERS WERE UP AND NEEDS FIXING IN IT, I AGREE ON IT FOR IT AS WELL, "LET US SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT GLUPPITY-GLUPPED AND YOUR MACHINERY CHUGS ON AND ON, DAY AND NIGHT WITHOUT STOPS AND MAKING SCHLOPPITY-MESSY-SCHLOPPS, AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS LEFTOVER GOO?!... I'LL SHOW YOU, AND, YOU DIRTY OLD ONCELER-WATCHER, YOU MEANY NASTY YOU!! YOU'RE GLUMPING IN THE PONDS AND LAKES AND RIVERS WHERE THE FISHES AND SEAS-CREATURES AND OTHER WOODLAND CREATURES ONCE SINGED AND HUMMED AND WHISTLED!... AND, SO, I'M SENDING THEM OFF, AND, OH, THEIR FUTURES IS NOW DREARY AND WEARY, AND, THEY'LL HAVE TO WALK AWAY AND HOP AWAY ON THEIR FINS AND GET WOEFULLY WEARY, AGAIN, AND, IN SEARCHES OF SOME NEW PLACES AND RIVERS AND LAKES OR PONDS TO ROAM FREE AROUND IN THEM, AGAIN, IN SOME NEW BLUES LAKES AND PONDS THAT ISN'T SO SMEARY OR DIRTY FOR THEM IN IT IN IT, TOO!..." AND, THEN, I GOT MAD, VERY, VERY MAD AT THEM, AND, THEN, I YELLED AT THEM, AND, THEY YELLED BACK AT ME, AND, AS WE WERE TOO BUSY ARGUING AND ARGUING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT OUR OWN NEEDS, AND, THEN, AT THAT VERY QUITE LOUDLY MOMENTS, WE ALL HEARD A VERY LOUD WHACKS, FROM OUTSIDE IN THE FLOWER-FIELDS'S GARDENS NEXT TO MY NEW GARDEN WITH THEM IN IT FOR MY OWN BUSINESS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. FROM WAY OUTSIDE IN THE FIELDS CAME A VERY LOUD SICKENING SMACKER-WHACKER-WHACK OF AN AXE OF MINE ON THE LAST TREE, AND, THEN, WE HEARD THE TREE FALL DOWN, AND, IT WAS THE VERY LAST TREES IN THE GLOWING GARDENS OF ALL, AND, WE ALSO SAW THAT SOME CHAOS-MAGICAL GLOWING COLORFUL RAINBOW SHINY-DAIMOND-LIKE-GEMS WERE MISSING FROM WITHIN IT'S ROCKS FOR IT IN IT, TOO. THERE WERE NO MORE GLOWING COLOREFUL TREES IN THE GARDENS, NO MORE COMMON GEMS, NO MORE WOODS, NO MORE FLOWERS OR SOFT TUFTS OR METAL OR WHATEVER IN THOSE GARDENS THAT WAS ALL TAKEN AWAY FROM US, CAUSE YOU SEE NOW, IT WAS ALL OUR FAULT, ON WHAT HAD BEEN DONE TO IT, THERE WAS NO MORE INVENTIONS, NO MORE WORKS TO BE DONE, AND, SO, IN NO TIME AT ALL, MY ROBOTS AND ANDROIDS AND DROIDS ALL WENT BACK HOME TO SLEEP, AND, THE GUARDIANS WERE SHOCKED AND SURPRISED TO SEE THEM ALL LEAVE TO GO BACK TO SLEEP IN THEIR SLEEPING CHAMBERS AS I WAS IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AND, I TRIED TO STOP THEM, LIKE VERY QUICKLY-HELL ON CAMPUS-EVE, CAUSE WE NEEDED THEM TO HELP US TO STOP DR.SOUTH, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GOT AN IDEA, AND, THEN, I THOUGHT OF ANEW INVENTION THAT WOULD HELP TO STOP DR.SOUTH, INSTEAD OF THEM, AND, THEY WERE ALL THINKING OF THE VERY SAME THINGS IN THEIR HEADS AS WE WERE IN IT FOR IT, TOO. NOW, ALL THAT WAS LEFT, WAS THE GUARDIANS AND ME, AND, VERY BIG EMPTY FACTORIES AND LABS AND HOMES FOR THEM IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. THE GUARDIANS SAID NOTHING, THEY JUST GAVE ME A MAD AND UPSET SAD GLANCE, A VERY, VERY SAD BACKWARDS GLANCES, AND, THEY LIFTED ALL OF THEMSELVES DOWNWARDS INTO THE ROOTS OF THE TREES BACK TO THEIR MAGICAL-FANCY-LOVELY-AND-PRETTY-WOODEN-HOMES FROM WAY DOWN BELOW IN IT FOR IT, TOO. AS THEY LIFTED THEMSELVES UP, BY THE SEATS OF THEIR LONG ROBES, AND, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE GRIM LOOKS ON THEIR GRIEF FACES FOR THEM IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. WHEN THEY SEATED THEMSELVES DOWNWARDS BACK INTO THE SNOW, THAT STARTED IN LOW, AND, IT WAS ABOUT TO CONTINUE TO GROW WITHIN THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS, AND THE GUARDIANS TOOK LEAVE OF THESE PLACES, AND, THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE GROUNDS WHERE IT CLOSED UP FROM BELOW IN THE MISTY SMOG, WITHOUT LEAVING A TRACE, AFTER THEY VANISHED AWAY, FROM IT IN IT FOR THEM IN IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. AND, ALL THAT WAS LEFT HERE IN THE GRASS AND IN THIS MESS, AND, IT WAS A SMALL PILES OF ROCKS, WITH ONE WORD, KNOWN AS "UNLESS!..." WHATEVER IT MEANT, WHATEVER IT MEANT, WELL, I JUST COULDN'T GUESS IT, THAT WAS VERY LONG, LONG AGO, BUT, EACH DAY, SINCE THAT DAY, I'VE SAT HERE AND WORRIED AWAY AND SORROWED AWAY IN WOLF ACADEMY SCHOOLS ABOUT IT AND AT HOME, WITH ALL OF MY HEART, THROUGH THE YEARS AFTER I SHUT DOWN MY FACTORIES AND CLOSED THEM UP, AND, WHILE MY BUILDINGS WERE TEARING THEMSELVES APART AND FALLING APART IN IT FOR IT AS WELL, AGAIN, TOO. "BUT, NOW!..."-REPLIED THE ONCELER-WATCHERS, "NOW THAT YOU SILLY KIDS ARE ALL HERE, TO GET SOME SEEDS FROM ME FOR IT IN IT AS WELL, AND, THE WORD OF THE GUARDIANS SEEMS PERFECTLY CLEAR, UNLESS SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WHO CARES A WHOLE AWEFUL LOT, NOTHING IS EVER GOING TO GET BETTER, CAUSE IT'S NOT, AND, UNLESS SOMEBODY LIKE YOU DOES MAKE IT BETTER FOR IT IN IT, TOO!... SO!... CATCH IT!..." CALLS OUT THE ONCELER-WATCHER, SHE LETS DOWN SOMETHING TO FALL, "IT'S A TUFT-SEEDS, AND SOME BAG OF COMMON-GEMS-SEEDS!... THE VERY LAST ONES OF ALL!... NOW, YOU GUYS AND GALS ARE IN CHARGE OF THEM!... PLANT SOME TREES AND FLOWERS AND FRUITS AND VEGGIES OF YOUR OWN IN YOUR OWN GRDEN HOUSES!... TREAT IT WITH CARE! GROW A GARDEN! GIVE IT CLEAN WATER!... AND, FEED ALL OF THEM WITH REAL FRESH AIR! GROW A FOREST! GROW SOME FIELDS! PROTECT IT FROM AXES THAT MIGHT TRY TO HACK OR WHACK IT DOWN, AND, THEN, MAYBE THE GUARDIANS AND ALL OF THE WOODLAND CREATURES AND SEAS CREATURES AND BIRDS AND ALL OF THEIR LITTLE, YET TINY OTHER FAIRY-LIKE-FRIENDS MIGHT COME BACK INTO THE WOODS FOR IT IN IT, TOO!..." THE END.

(CAP.JARGONOT NORTH, MS.MARIAH NORTH, RUFFY-NORTH-DOG, BUDDY-NORTH-WHITE-CAT, & FRIENDS VS. DR.SOUTH & HER EVIL A-Z-MINDLESS-MINIONS & TRAPS, & EVIL DOOMSDAY-BATTLES-READY-DEVICES-THINGS, OTHER BULLIES, AND, OTHER VILLAINS.)

GAME OVER. THE END.

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