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#%%%%*=«,, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,,«=*%%%%#
#%%*=«,,,, surrounding plains, a ninety degree ,,,,«=*%%#
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##@#%*=«,, 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 ,,«=*%#@##
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##@#%*=«,, drink soon. and they will tug on the ,,«=*%#@##
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##@#%*=«,, in turn drinking the animals blood. ,,«=*%#@##
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@@@#%*=«,, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,«=*%#@@@
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