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#@@¤@$^=,, SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ,,=^$@¤@@#
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#@@¤@$^=,, URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ,,=^$@¤@@#
¤¤$$^^,,,, LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ,,,,^^$$¤¤
¤$$$^^=,,, TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ,,,=^^$$$¤
¤@^=,,,,,, 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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@@^==,,,,, 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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