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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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,&&,,,&&&, ~~~~~†† 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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