,,,,,~=§#@ @#§=~,,,,,
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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. @#§=~~,,,,
,,~=§§§§§@ @§§§§§=~,,
,,~=§§§#@# ~~~~§§§§§§§§~~~~ #@#§§§=~,,
,,,,,~§§§@ ~~§§ §§~~ @§§§~,,,,,
,,~=§§§#@@ ~~~~~§§ 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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,,~=§§§§§# #§§§§§=~,,
,,~=§§§#@@ @@#§§§=~,,
,,,,~~=§§@ @§§=~~,,,,
,,~=§§§#@@ @@#§§§=~,,