the woods linking here to there

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║\   \ |  | | .-'  /           .-.                ║
║ \ \ |     |/  .-'           ( (                 ║
║  \     |     /               '-'                ║
║   \ |     / /                             /\    ║
║    |   |   |                             //\\   ║
║    | |     |      ,---.          /\     ///\\\  ║
║    |     | |     | O O |  hoo   //\\     //\\   ║
║    |  .-.  |     |  v  |       ///\\\   ///\\\  ║
║    | (   ) |     |/   \|        //\\    //||\\  ║
║    |  '-'  |     /\ _ /\       ///\\\  ///||\\\ ║
║    | |    | '------X-X-._      //||\\  ///||\\\ ║
║    |    |   .--------'-.-'    ///||\\\  //||\\  ║
║    |  |    |                  ///||\\\ ///||\\\ ║
║    |    |   \                 ///||\\\ ///||\\\ ║
║----| |    | |---+--+-------------||-------||----║
║    |   |    |    \  \       ____                ║
║    |     |  |     '. '.--..' __ '.              ║
║    |   |    |       '.-'-..-'  '. \             ║
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The trees close in on all sides. You can hear an owl somewhere nearby. Fog threads through the forest, and the trail underfoot leads on to other strange and distant places.

go back to the clearing

follow the trail up a hill (game & media links)

take a well-worn path to a crossroads (other site links)