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A handful of days later, under a warm lazy afternoon sky, two young lovers walked hand in hand deep into the woods. They were in search of some romantic seclusion under the canopy of nature. They kicked up the fallen leaves and breathed in the scent of the clean forest air. As they stood close together, feeling the keen anticipation of each other's bodies, they gazed up in wonder, the stillness was like a cathedral – almost spiritual. They had stumbled upon a hallowed place where the tall trees reached up for the heavens. The girl, with her long hair caught in the gentle wind, looked up into the canopy. The shafts of sunlight turned green by the foliage filtered down and dazzled her eyes. She wore a white summer dress, long and flowing and caught in the mottled sunshine she might have been mistaken for a wood nymph hovering among the fallen leaves. She laughed with sparking eyes and holding her arms out at her sides span round and round until she became dizzy. Her lover caught her in his strong arms as she lost balance and they tumbled together onto the soft leaf litter. Caught up in the magic of the forest they kissed with a passion and an innocence that only young lovers can know. They made gentle love together on the forest floor and then lay on their backs content and transcendent, looking up at the blue sky that shimmered beyond the treetops, caught in a moment that would last their lifetime.
These two lovers would bring new life to the world, just seeded in the girl's belly under the palpable life force of the forest; the new life would bring a fresh hope for the future as each new generation does. As they gathered themselves together and started to walk away arm in arm, leaning on one another for reassurance, they had not noticed the newly turned soil or the extra deep layer of leaves that had made their love nest. They walked away in contentment and kissed again. The distant sound of a crow brought a sudden chill to the lovers and they hurried off to find the sun again. They left behind them a quiet and peaceful place. A place of eternal dreamless sleep basking in a softly filtered sunlight where Tony had finally found his peace.
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