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#@#&$*^-,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,-^*$&#@#
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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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#@#&$*^-,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,-^*$&#@#
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