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diff --git a/src/stump.txt b/src/stump.txt index aae6084..b9d9837 100644 --- a/src/stump.txt +++ b/src/stump.txt | |||
@@ -18,24 +18,25 @@ project: | |||
18 | link: stagnant | 18 | link: stagnant |
19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | He walked into the woods for the first time in months. It was a bright summer | 21 | He walked into the woods for the first time in months. |
22 | day but under the canopy of leaves it was cool and quiet and twilight. There | 22 | It was a bright summer day but under the canopy of leaves it was cool and quiet and twilight. |
23 | was no sound but his footsteps, his breathing. Instead of an axe, his right | 23 | There was no sound but his footsteps, his breathing. |
24 | hand clutched his notebook. His left was in his pocket. A pencil perched | 24 | Instead of an axe, his right hand clutched his notebook. |
25 | behind his ear. | 25 | His left was in his pocket. |
26 | A pencil perched behind his ear. | ||
26 | 27 | ||
27 | He walked aimlessly until coming over a short rise he saw a stump. He | 28 | He walked aimlessly until coming over a short rise he saw a stump. |
28 | recognized his handiwork in the way the stump made a kind of chair back---flat | 29 | He recognized his handiwork in the way the stump made a kind of chair back---flat until the axe had gone through far enough, then a frayed edge like a torn page. |
29 | until the axe had gone through far enough, then a frayed edge like a torn | 30 | Paul walked over to the stump and sat down. |
30 | page. Paul walked over to the stump and sat down. | ||
31 | 31 | ||
32 | He looked up and tried to find a pattern in the placement of the trees. There | 32 | He looked up and tried to find a pattern in the placement of the trees. |
33 | was none. They grew randomly, beginning nowhere and ending in the same place. | 33 | There was none. |
34 | A squirrel ran down one and up another for no reason. He opened his notebook | 34 | They grew randomly, beginning nowhere and ending in the same place. |
35 | and took his pencil from his ear but could think of nothing to write. | 35 | A squirrel ran down one and up another for no reason. |
36 | He opened his notebook and took his pencil from his ear but could think of nothing to write. | ||
36 | 37 | ||
37 | A crow called hoarsely to another, something important. Paul looked up but | 38 | A crow called hoarsely to another, something important. |
38 | could not see the black bird in the leaves of the trees. He looked back down | 39 | Paul looked up but could not see the black bird in the leaves of the trees. |
39 | to the cream-colored pages of his notebook. | 40 | He looked back down to the cream-colored pages of his notebook. |
40 | 41 | ||
41 | He was surprised that he'd written _YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART_. | 42 | He was surprised that he'd written _YOU CANNOT DISCOVER ART_. |