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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.   **-----  ,&&&&,,,,&
&,,&&,,&&,         --**                **--         ,,&&,,&&,,
,,,,,,,,,,             ----********----             &,,,,,,,,,
&&&&&&&&&,                                          ,,&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&,, 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. &&&&&,,&&,
,,,&&&&,,,                                          &&&&,,,,,,
&&,,&&,,&, 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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