when the swamp grew lush i forgot about the swamp keepers i placed in the middle when the bamboo was small. i haven't seen them since, and i keep looking as the cattails and bamboo fall to see if will see them again, or if they've sunk under the dark water. now fences surround the swamp. i made a gap to pass through to get here, the same passage where i stepped on a spike last year and got my disease. i hope they don't build a wall over the swamp. the spring that makes the swamp is a necessity.