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I know that these tiny, almost invisible, hair-thin worms - 'the most numerous animals on earth' - are everywhere, hundreds in every handful of leaf mould, billions beneath the soil, recycling debris, remaking the world.
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And then, as suddenly as he'd appeared, the masked botanist was gone, leaving the townspeople with only an enriched knowledge of local flora and fungi to remember him by.
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this is what will be left behind: a forgotten light bulb burning itself out in the cupboard under the stairs; the odd coin or hairgrip wedged between floorboards; and sand.
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Every institution we have explored, from a cathedral to a brewery, symbolises mankind's aspirations and strivings for a better and fuller life.
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Time passes. It passes.
It passes. It scores.
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The words were surfacing, crackling, like a person drowning in the waves. "Must be a no-signal area," he said... eep appearing and disapp...
He glanced at the phone. The only remaining signal bar blinked, then vanished.
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There's nothing to be done. You've acquired what we in the business call a destiny.
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Nevertheless, it was words on paper. It opened a door, it made a friend, it told a story.
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