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Tiffany couldn't quite work out how Miss Level got paid. Certainly the basket she carried filled up more than it emptied. They'd walk past a cottage and a woman would come scurrying out with a fresh-baked loaf or a jar of pickles, even though Miss Level hadn't stopped there. But they'd spend an hour somewhere else, stitching up the leg of a farmer who'd been careless with an axe, and get a cup of tea and a stale biscuit. 

It didn't seem fair.

“Oh, it evens out,” said Miss Level, as they walked on through the woods. 

“You do what you can. People give what they can, when they can. Old Slapwick there, with the leg, he's as mean as a cat, but there'll be a big cut of beef on my doorstep before the week's end, you can bet on it. His wife will see to it. And pretty soon people will be killing their pigs for the winter, and I'll get more brawn, ham, bacon and sausages turning up than a family could eat in a year.”

“You do? What do you do with all that food?”

“Store it,” said Miss Level. 

“But you-”

“I store it in other people. It's amazing what you can store in other people.” Miss Level laughed at Tiffany's expression. “I mean, I take what I don't need round to those who don't have a pig, or who're going through a bad patch, or who don't have anyone to remember them.”

“But that means they'll owe you a favour!”

“Right! And so it just keeps on going round. It all works out.”

“I bet some people are too mean to pay-”

“Not pay,” said Miss Level, severely. “A witch never expects payment and never asks for it and just hopes she never needs to. But, sadly, you are right.”

“And then what happens?"

“What do you mean?”

“You stop helping them, do you?”

“Oh, no,” said Miss Level, genuinely shocked. “You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant. Everyone's poor round here. If I don't help them, who will?”

"A Hat full of Sky" - Terry Pratchett

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I have settled on a lamb design :]

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Episode eight is here at last! Thanks to all of you for your support!!! Hope you're ready for some mantis mayhem!

Yet another fantastic soundtrack composed by @theelectricdreamsofddx, with Gregorsa's theme by @zestychille!

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(40 points possible this time. How did you do?)

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The Matilda musical is fantastic, A+ recommend

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Fluttershy stimboard

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TLK: Everyone comes back

"What's that, mother?"

"That's... our sign to come back."

"Where?"

"Home".

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A little glimpse of Sameera and Ahadi when they lived in the desert.

Sameera's reason to leave The Pridelands was "duty". While members of the Desert Pride are scattered around different biomes, they have one thing in common: when they are going to have their cubs, they need to come back to their place of birth, kinda like salmons. It's their way to honor their ancestors and keep the history of the land intact. Usually just females do that travel, so the Desert Pride is believed to be a big lioness pride.

So now that Sameera has fulfilled her duty with her Pride, she is going to come back to Takatifu.

She doesn's know that Takatifu has already fulfilled his duty with The Pridelands... and with his own Circle of Life.

The title of this piece is based on a song from my country "Todos Vuelven"

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Honk shoo honk shoo

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Oh, I just can't wait to be king! THE LION KING (1994)

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David Gerrold's "When HARLIE Was One" (1972) was a novel about an artificial intelligent computer, and his friendship with his psychologist. It is chiefly remembered as being the origin of the idea of a "computer virus," which the novel predicted a decade before an actual computer virus came into existence.

HARLIE showed up in other David Gerrold novels, notably Star Wolf, where every intergalactic cruiser had a HARLIE installed. A HARLIE (not necessarily the HARLIE) showed up in Gerrold's War Against the Cthorr novels.

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literally 

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Amur tiger brothers Dmitri and Luka at the Oregon Zoo enjoying a nice slab of frozen goat milk together, hopefully they get this in the summer as well.

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if you're a recovering addict, i want you to know you're doing good.

you didn't use today? you're doing good. you used recently and you're still recovering? you're doing good. you sought support today? you're doing good. you practiced harm reduction? you're doing good. you want to relapse and haven't? you're doing good. you're getting involved, even if others are doing more? you're doing good. you're resting today? you're doing good. you're alive? you're doing good.

this shit takes time. you have spent a considerable amount of time doing harmful things to yourself, or others. you're not going to change overnight. all you can reasonably do is get through the day, adding as much good to your life/the lives of others as you can. it doesn't matter what happened yesterday, or what's going to happen tomorrow.

all you have is this moment, and if you're on the path of recovery... you're doing good. this is your story. not someone else's. not some idealized version of yourself. it's yours, just as you exist, right now. that's all you have, and all you need.

keep going. you got this. i'm glad you're here (and so is everyone else who interacted with this post).

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