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curiosity was seeping through him. There was

a familiar look about the place he was in. It

was as though it was somewhere he had been

hundreds of times before. But Jay couldn’t

remember where it was or what it was called.

He took five extra slow steps forwards and

several steps round in a small circle. His eyes

darted everywhere not resting on anything for

more than a few seconds: the dust path, the

huge forest, the blue sky and wonderfully

warm sun that bathed him in hot summer heat.

There were sounds - loud, shrill bird calling

noises and leaves rustling in the trees.

“It can’t be!” he whispered to himself. “It’s

not possible. It looks so like...”

Something was moving on the path behind

him. He froze. What was it? The bushes on

one side of the path were stirring. There was a

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