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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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¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ 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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