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,&,,&&&&&& JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA &&&&,,&,,,
,,,,,&&&&& THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED &&&,,,,,&&
,&&&,,&&&& AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE ,&,,&&&,,,
,,&,,,,&&& LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ,,,,,&,,&&
,,,,&&,,&, SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE &&&&,,,,,,
&&&,,,,,,, DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK &&&,,&&&&&
&&,,&&&&&& WATER. &&,,,,&&&&
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&&&&&&,,,& ~~~~~== FAIRIES LIVE HERE. ==~~~~~ ,,&&&&,,&&
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,,,,,,&,,& THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, ,,&&,,&&&&
,&&&&,,,,, URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH &,,,,,,&&,
,,&&,,&&&, LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ,,&&&&,,,,
&,,,,,,&,, TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT &,,&&,,&&&
,,&&&&,,,, THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE ,,,,,,,,&&
,,,&&,,&&& WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ,&&&&&&,,,
&&,,,,,,&, THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ,,&&&&,,&&
&,,&&&&,,, SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO ,,,&&,,,,&
,,,,&&,,&, HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. &&,,,,&&,,
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&&,,&&&&&& THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ,,,,,,&&,,
,,,,,&&&&& PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ,&&&&,,,,,
&&&&,,&&&, ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ,,&&,,&&&&
&&&,,,,&,, DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE &,,,,,,&&&
&&,,&&,,,, SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ,,&&&&,,&&
&,,,,,,&&& DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ,,,&&,,,,&
,,&&&&,,&& DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE &&,,,,&&,,
&,,&&,,,,& BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE &,,&&,,,,&
,,,,,,&&,, BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ,,,,,,&&,,
&&&&&,,,,& THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ,&&&&,,,,&
&&&&,,&&,, IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. ,,&&,,&&,,
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,,,,&&&&&& THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE, THE CONTRACT ,,&&&&&&&&
,&&,,&&&&, CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO ,,,&&&&&&,
,,,,,,&&,, FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS &&,,&&&&,,
&&&&&,,,,, DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ,,,,,&&,,&
&&&&,,&&&& DANCE IN THE SUNBEAMS. &&&&,,,,,,
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