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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 ,,,,^~^†@&
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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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