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...and eventually I reached the tree's smaller high branches, from which I could survey the landscape. With delight, I noticed a pair of creatures climbing a rock not too far away from my current position (although considerably lower in altitude). I immediately realized that they must be the friends that my colleague Oats, who went to California four years before, had mentioned. They would definitely know where the McNamaras lived; thus, I went to join them.
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