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#@¶&$§\«^, there's a freshwater pond, secluded ,^«\§$&¶@#
@¶&$§\«^,, among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ,,^«\§$&¶@
¶&$§\«^,,, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,,,^«\§$&¶
&$§\«^,,,, surrounding plains, a ninety degree ,,,,^«\§$&
$§\«^,,,,, drop down, down, to the midnight-black ,,,,,^«\§$
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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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