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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.         &,&&&,,&,&
&&,&,&&&,&                                          &&,,&,&&&,
,&&&&,,&&& 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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