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Chapter 19. Branching Out
The Garden was surrounded by a hedge at least eight feet tall. The entrance was an archway
cut out of the bushes. A wooden sign above the entrance read
WELCOME TO THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS.
“Here you go,” said Ping.
Laurie was suddenly very worried. “Ping, is this a laba . . . laber . . . one of those garden
mazes?” Laurie had read stories about little girls and garden mazes, and they never ended
well. Garden mazes were full of monsters and twisty little passages between you and the exit.
“It's not really a labyrinth. You can always find a way out,” said Ping. “Where you end up is
a different story.”
“Oh, good. After I deliver this letter, can I come back to the Treelighthouse? Maybe we can
ask the Network about how to find Hamilton!”
“That's . . . a good idea. Yes. When you're done, if you want, we can talk about it.”
“Thank you! See you soon!”
“Good-bye, Laurie. Take care of yourself.”
Laurie and Xor stepped through the entrance into a kind of hallway made of more bushes.
After a short walk, they found a small fountain with a sign above it.
LEAVE A COIN. MAKE A WISH.
Laurie dropped her last Fair Coin into the fountain, closed her eyes, and made a wish. She
held her eyes closed for an extra moment just in case. But nothing exciting happened.
She kept walking down the green hallway. There wasn't much to see except hedges, and
more hedges, and more signs that talked about the Garden.
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