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once there was a princess who lived in a castle. every day, she would wake up & have her breakfast, change her clothes, make her bed, and take a walk. she'd walk & walk & walk. when she got to the halfway point, she'd turn around and walk back to her castle in time for tea. she adored walking and adored the path she walked on. every day, she walked the same speed and went the same distance and saw the same things, and she adored it all.

one day, she noticed another path adjoining her path. she had never noticed this other path before and didn't know what to make of it. she passed by the adjoinment, continued her walk, got to the halfway point, turned around, and walked back to her castle in time for tea.

the next day, she noticed the new path again. she still didn't know what to make of it, but she wasn't a total dolt, so she was curious. but, not that curious. she passed by the adjoinment, continued her walk, got to the halfway point, turned around, and walked back to her castle in time for tea.

the third day, she stopped by the adjoinment, looked down the new path, but didn't visit it. she passed by the adjoinment, continued her walk, got to the halfway point, turned around, and walked back to her castle in time for tea.

the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day, she stopped, looked, even took a couple steps toward the new path, but she didn't leave her normal path, continued her walk, got to the halfway point, turned around, and walked back to her castle in time for tea.

on the seventh day, she woke up & ate half her breakfast. she packed the other half of her breakfast in her patagonia daypack along with a bottle of evian. she changed her clothes and packed two more changes of clothes in her patagonia daypack along with her warm hoodie. she made her bed with one blankie and put her extra blankie in her patagonia daypack along with her pillow & stuffie bear. her patagonia daypack wouldn't zip shut with all this shamazzle in it, so she switched to her larger patagonia pack and repacked her pack. she put on her repacked pack, set off down her normal path, came upon the adjoining path, turned, went down the adjoining path, and did not return to her castle in time for tea.