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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 ,,,,,,,^»=
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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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@*=»^,,,,, 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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