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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 ...~^=&£@#
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#@£&=^~... almost at the water, that they may ...~^=&£@#
##@£&=^~.. drink soon. and they will tug on the ..~^=&£@##
#@£&=^~... sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ...~^=&£@#
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#@£&=^~... 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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#@£&=^~... find its own way back. the bushes roots ...~^=&£@#
##@£&=^~.. drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ..~^=&£@##
#@£&=^~... dance in the sunbeams. ...~^=&£@#
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