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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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