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For countless hours you follow the stream without seeing a soul. You are beginning to suspect that this land is completely devoid of intelligent life when you happen upon a series of long, level fields, planted in precise rows with sweet-smelling yellow herbs. A path runs up from the stream to the brow of a hill.

If you wish to stop and examine this field of herbs, turn to 28.

If you decide to follow the path to the top of the hill, turn to 115.

Text copyright © 1987 Joe Dever.
Illustrations copyright © 1987 Brian Williams.