¨¨¨,=*%§&# #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨,=*%§&#@# #@#&§%*=,¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=*%§&# #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*%§& ¨ ¨ ¨ &§%*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=*%§ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ §%*=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*%§& , , , , , , , , &§%*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=*%§&# = = = = = = = = = = = #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ **************************************** @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨,=*%§&#@# #@#&§%*=,¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ 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. @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=*%§&# #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*%§& **************************************** &§%*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=*%§ = = = = = = = = = = = §%*=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*%§& , , , , , , , , &§%*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=*%§&# ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ ¨ ¨ ¨ @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨,=*%§&#@# #@#&§%*=,¨
¨¨,=*%§&#@ @#&§%*=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=*%§&# #&§%*=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=*%§& &§%*=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=*%§ §%*=,¨¨¨¨¨