it did not take long for another young woman to appear from the greenery . karma , you did pretty darned good by me . a new line suddenly appeared at the very bottom of the page , the space blank one second , then filled with several words the next : the universe ends in 11:58 and then , as impossible at it seemed , the written time at the end of the sentence started changing , ticking down like a digital clock . i went for a walk and fell over in the woods . 