The Journey

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The colors; teal blue and cadmium gold painted the sky.
The sun had started to set in the horizon.
Little twinkling stars were waking from slumber.

He stood at a spot gazing down at the narrow road that stretched as far as the eyes could see.
With it's end a mountain far in the distance, tall enough to meet the sky.

On either side of the road where bushes and forest laden with creatures big and small, fierce and gentle, hungry and aggressive.

But a kind voice whispered to him, "Be strong".

And just that gave him courage to tread the path many warriors and knights had feared for years.

But what also gave him courage was the village long lost and forgotten.
A paradise that lay beyond the mountains...
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