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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 ,@@@@,,@@@
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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 ,,@@@,@@@,
,@,@,,@@@@ 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 @,,@,,@,@,
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@@,@,@@,,, 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 ,@@,@@,,,@
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,@,,@@@@,, carried out; the animal is abandoned to @,@,@,,@@@
@@,@,,,@,@ find its own way back. the bushes roots @@@@@,@,,@
,@@@,,@@@, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,,,@@@,@,
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