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She stopped suddenly, all senses fully alert.  Was she being watched?  Yes, she was almost certain of it.  There!  A figure, large and gray, nearly indiscernible,  was hiding within the hedgerow.  She felt her heart thumping in her chest and the hair on her neck stand erect. Why had she not noticed it before?  It should have been her first clue!  This was, most certainly,  where all great adventures begin....on a dark and stormy night...