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,,,,,~†^$# just off the  coast  to  the baltic  sea #$^†~,,,,,
,,,,~†^$##   there's a freshwater pond, secluded    ##$^†~,,,,
,,,~†^$### among ashen and juniper. a cleft in  the ###$^†~,,,
,,~†^$####  limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the   ####$^†~,,
,,,~†^$###    surrounding plains, a ninety degree   ###$^†~,,,
,,,,~†^$## drop  down, down, to the  midnight-black ##$^†~,,,,
,,,,,~†^$#                  water.                  #$^†~,,,,,
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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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