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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 ##&§=~:...
....:~=§ Water. #&§=~:....
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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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