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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. #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ----^^^^^^^^---- #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ --^^ ^^-- #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ -----^^ 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. #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ #¨##¨##¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ //////////////////////////////////////// #¨¨#¨¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ - - - - - - - - - - - #¨##¨##¨#¨
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#¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ #¨##¨##¨#¨
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