{"id":150,"date":"2017-06-08T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/06\/08\/a-giant-in-a-childs-gnome-maze"},"modified":"2021-09-12T05:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:28:00","slug":"a-giant-in-a-childs-gnome-maze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"A Giant in a Child&#8217;s Gnome Maze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\">The garden maze was laid out perfectly before the Giant&#8217;s eyes.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Little gnome houses could be seen, the tricky parts not so tricky after all for the ugly and lumber some beast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Yet he enters regardless&#8230;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3d5aa-img_7862.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3d5aa-img_7862.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">The Giant pretends he is a Little, no higher than the garden walls, and wanders with such pretense. He finds little gnome houses full of tiny furniture and gnome families making evening food preparations.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ac984-img_7863.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ac984-img_7863.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Around and around the Giant goes, delighting in the intricacies of the garden maze. To pretend is to let his beastly mind wander in creativity, and to do that is to be free.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/78b9c-img_7861.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/78b9c-img_7861.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">He lets out a loud, jovial laugh as he finds his way out of the maze. 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