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¨¨¨¨¨-===@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @===-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=== longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ===-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-===@# hide also in the juniper. #@===-¨¨¨¨
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¨-===@#£## drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ##£#@===-¨
¨¨-===@#£# dance in the sunbeams. #£#@===-¨¨
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