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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 ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨
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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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