The water was falling so fast that you would have thought that it was going to battle.

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The water was falling so fast that you would have thought that it was going to battle.  The waterfall stabbed the cliff and in two and flowed out at the summit like a haemorrhage of white blood.  The narrow flow of water widened as it fell, preparing to face the enemy.  The most noticeable thing about the water was the earsplitting sound that it made like giant cymbals in an orchestra, crashing together.  However, after spending a while near the awesome waterfall you could no longer hear it.  It was as if it had become a background scene in a story, which has been there from the start and will continue to be there until the end.

A huge wall of rock surrounded the deep pool into which the waterfall plunged.  It was there to protect what lay beneath, to stop intruders, and to conceal its secrets.  Every now and then when I adjusted my weight a rock would crumble off the cliff side, like a soldier dying.  After the initial impact I waited.  A few seconds later the rock would at last plunge to its death in the deep pool waiting for it below.  From the sound of the crack it felt like someone was following me, trying to scare me away and stop me from finding the secret.  The cliffs had large cracks in them each one telling us a story from the distant past.  The rocks gave off a bland smell which was still was very noticeable.  It smelled old as if it was telling us all its history in one quick sniff.  The rough valleys looked like large monsters ready to pounce on the water if it made any wrong moves.                                                    

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Every now and then I would look down at the astounding scenery below.  One of the first things I would notice was the carpet of green spears below me ready to catch me when I fell.  The trees also gave off a faint smell of fresh new bark which was very different to the dull, old smell of the rock that surrounded me.  From where I was perched the birdsong was very distant yet my ears somehow focused in on it, as if wanting to hear it.  It was the sweet, soulful love songs of the sparrows that sat ...

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