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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. ,,&&,,,,&&
&&&,,,,&&& ,,,,,&&,,&
&&,,&&,,&, 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. ,,&&&&&&&&
,&&,,&,,&& ,,,&&&&&&,
,,,,,,,,,& 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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