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¨¨:::===§¤ among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ¤§===:::¨¨
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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 ###¤*§==:¨
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¨:==§*¤### their blood. closer to the pond, the ###¤*§==:¨
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¨:==§*¤### hide also in the juniper. ###¤*§==:¨
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¨:==§*¤### drink soon. and they will tug on the ###¤*§==:¨
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¨:==§*¤### find its own way back. the bushes roots ###¤*§==:¨
¨:====§*## drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ##*§====:¨
¨:==§*¤### dance in the sunbeams. ###¤*§==:¨
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