Waldo Emerson's Observations

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My response to this prompt could very easily be something as simple as, he's hidden in the book, or that he's simply just hiding from someone or something out in the world. However, that's not how my mind perceived this question. My mind put a little bit more thought and depth into the answer. With that being said, my answer is, Waldo is basically everywhere. Upon reading this prompt I immediately became intrigued on finding a very reasonable explanation. However, I wanted one that was also very thought provoking, whether the end result was true, just an educated guess, or even some sort of crazy theory. Before coming up with my own theory, I wanted to see if there were other theories or point of views out there about Waldo. So I

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