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It had taken days of collecting rubbish and then the sacrifice of some cloth tape from a played out first aid kit that he knew he really shouldn't use, but he was going mad.

Today he'd decided the had enough empty packaging wadded together and bound, then wrapped with tape to make a nearly-regulation ball. He took it out into the meadow and began to kick it about. On his knees. On his head.

He kept hoping someone might join him to play, but the heat was already getting to be uncomfortable.