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Autumn Forest

It grew cooler as the day progressed. When it neared sunset, I could tell that autumn had come. The humidity dried, leaving the air cool and crisp, and the setting sun brighter even than it was in the summer. Everything appeared to be on fire - the setting sun cast hues of red and orange over the sky; trees lifted their orange leaves to capture the last of the sunlight before it set; leaves fell from their stately perches, landing softly at my feet and paving a path of brilliant red, yellow, and orange to the edge of the field where the trees clumped into a great forest of oak and maple. I took a deep breath, feeling the clean, heavy air cling to my lungs. Everything grew quiet and still. The crickets performed their finale and the robins flew away to distant, warmer places. In their stead I found squirrels playfully gathering for their harvest feast. Cardinals lined the branches of the trees, their slight weight setting more leaves flying. The males' bright plumage