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Once again he climbs the hills above the salty bay and walks along the path through fields where she used to play. His silver hair and tattered clothes blowing in the wind, that whispers the name of his sweet darling Carolynn. He sits upon a rock and looks out to the water, and once again she comes to him, his precious daughter; through the ghostly floating mist, he sees her smiling eyes, those eyes where forever more, his heart and soul reside. She takes his hand and leads him to the fields of clover; to that place on the cliff that the old tree grows over; and he sees the rope tied 'round the bough of that old tree, and feels the sunshine on his face, hears the humming bees. His heart begins to pound, like a hammer in his chest, as she runs with glee towards the overhanging crest; he tries to stop her, but his feet stay froze to the ground; he screams to no avail, being deaf she hears no sound. She laughs and waves goodbye as she grabs the braided rope and runs with all her might and swings out above the slope and in that moment, he hears the snapping of the bough, and he sees her dangling there, high above the brow. He sees her startled eyes and he hears her helpless cries, just before she falls on to the rocks below and dies. He falls to his knees screaming and crawls out to the edge, and when he looks below, he knows that he too is dead. And they find him forty years from that fateful day, Hanging from the old oak tree, where she used to play.
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