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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.                  #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨             ----^^^^^^^^----             #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨         --^^                ^^--         #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨  -----^^   fairies live here.   ^^-----  #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨         --^^                ^^--         #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨             ----^^^^^^^^----             #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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.        #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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. #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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.          #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ //////////////////////////////////////// #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -   -   - #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ,     ,    ,     ,    ,     ,     ,    , #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨       ¨      ¨       ¨       ¨       ¨ #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨                  ¨                   ¨ #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨                                          #¨##¨##¨#¨