the boy felt a sense of being in a dream , the large tree in front of him started to slowly bow it 's branches with a faint creaking sound -- forming a large enclosure with coe inside , a single branch came down from the centre of the tree and gently touched the middle of his forehead after which the branches sprang back making all of the noise one would expect of such a thing . coe stood , backed away from the tree , paused and then ran straight to the royal trunk and hugged it with all the might of his outstretched little arms . he did n't know the feeling , but he liked it . coe felt very different , he thought back to the bees , then to the well and then on to the
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