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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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