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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 .,~†^£@###
##@£^†~,.. 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. ..,~†^£@##
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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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