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&&&&,,,,&& 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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