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Speaker 1: hard to describe, but it's almost as if the forest

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Speaker 1: itself is watching you. In a panic, you spin back

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Speaker 1: round to leave, then gasp in horror. The road has gone.

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Speaker 1: In fact, all of it has, the rolling hills, the

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Speaker 1: has been replaced by nothing but a deep and dense

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Speaker 1: birch tree forest. You spin round frantically, trying to figure

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Speaker 1: any sign of your bike, but it's no use. All around,

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Speaker 1: for as far as you can see, it is nothing

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Speaker 1: pull your phone from your pocket to call home. Come on,

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Speaker 1: you say, with quiet frustration, as you wait for the

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Speaker 1: now you are really beginning to panic. You feel it

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Speaker 1: breaths become deeper, and finally you regain control. Opening your eyes,

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Speaker 1: you look all around and tell yourself to think. Just then,

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Speaker 1: you hear something in the distance. It sounds like running water,

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Speaker 1: But just as you are about to head toward it,

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Speaker 1: or if you choose to follow the path, go to

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Speaker 1: episode five. Now it's time to take care of yourself,

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