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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 ¨,«:**&@##
##@&**:«,¨ WATER. ¨,«:**&@##
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##@&**:«,¨ 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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