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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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