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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 ,^~*%&§§§@
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#@#§&%*~^, 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 ,^~*%&§#@#
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§&*~^,,,,, 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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