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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. @#¤¤:=^,,,
,,^=:¤¤#@# #@#¤¤:=^,,
,^=:¤¤#@## 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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,,,,,,,^=: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :=^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^=:¤ = = = = = = = = = = = ¤:=^,,,,,,
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