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#.#.#.#.#. just  off the coast  to the  baltic  sea .##..#..#.
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#.#.#.#.#. among ashen and juniper.  a cleft in the .##..#..#.
#.#.#.#.#.  limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the   ..#.##.##.
#.#.#.#.#.   surrounding plains, a ninety degree    .##..#..#.
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#.#.#.#.#. 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 .##..#..#.
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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 ..#.##.##.
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#.#.#.#.#. deep.  when they finally find  the  path ..#.##.##.
#.#.#.#.#. down between  the  rocks,  away from the .##..#..#.
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#.#.#.#.#. 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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