Jamie 2000-09-03

The room is chilly, and on the large side. It has light grey carpeting and green leather couches. No overhead lighting, but there are 2 lamps on either side of one of the couches, and some cheap-looking fake plants in the room. There's also one of those electric fireplaces. The walls are all white and there is a closed door behind me.

The forest is thick, but not too thick. Patches of light show through the tops of the many different types of trees. The ground is a mixture of dirt, pine needles, and fallen brown leaves. There are birds above in trees singing and chirping, and an occasional cricket is chirping.

The path is narrow, sometimes breaking off so its hard to find, sometimes splitting off into several directions with a few dead ends here and there. Its obvious it has been used, but not in awhile, and not by very many people.

Its a natural river, no deeper than waist-high with stones and sand in the bottom. Its a little murky from the quick current, but definitely not polluted. A few small fish dart around inside of it, and a turtle sun-bathes on a log halfway down.

It is in the shape of a vase with a handle on either side, made of clay. Its about 12 inches high and 6 inches wide with a spout at the top. Its not painted or glazed.

A black wrought iron key with 3 circles at the one end. It looks just like the key in "The Secret Garden." Perhaps it unlocks a gate.