The wall crawled up over the hill gripping the slope as it climbed higher.

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The Wall

The wall crawled up over the hill gripping the slope as it climbed higher.  The diamond tipped grass blades beneath it glistened in the blazing sun.  It was ragged and had acquired an aged yellow where the sandstone had crumbled.  Dull green algae grew from inside the cracks of the fractured bricks.  Dust and rubble lay on the defeated path beside it; battle scars embedded in its appearance from early times.  Beyond the wall and before it, you could see masses of untouched scenery.

After I’d finished gazing at the wall and its astonishing surroundings, I set off up the first hill.  I barely made it up the steep ridge the wall effortlessly progressing ahead. At the peak of the first hill, I could see the wall begin to rush out of sight.  It seemed to fall down the deep drops bouncing back up the following curves.  This motion continued for as far as I could see, shielding my view from the contents of the dips.  As it shot ahead I followed the tracks it had left behind, trying to catch up.

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On the second summit due west, in the distance I could see a cliff towering over a lake below.  It had pointed rocks of a neutral colour bulging out of its chest, increasing in size from the top to the bottom.  The lake below swamped the foot of it, but only dampened the presence of the skyscraper.  Beyond the caving shadow of the cliff the lake had a chameleon blue glaze that shimmered in the radiant gleam of the sun.  On the lake you could make out small ripples from the limp air.  The banks around grew higher as ...

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