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　　"How many times did it happen?"

　　Kristine stared at her light blue sneakers. "Many times. Too many to count. At some point it became a common sight. You`ll hear people saying, Ah, the mountain is smoking a pack again, or someone`s got a nice barbeque up there, things like that."

　　"What if it`s some kind of SOS?"

　　Kristine`s eyes widened. "I didn`t think of it like that! But then again, the smoke has been going on since before I was born. Plus, our forest ranger would`ve picked up on that if it really was an SOS."

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