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#,,#,##,#, //////////////////////////////////////// ,##,#,#,#,
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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.        ,##,#,#,#,
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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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#,,#,##,#, //////////////////////////////////////// ,##,#,#,#,
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