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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 &...&&&..&
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&&...&&&.. -----§§ fairies live here. §§----- ...&&&..&.
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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 ..&.&&....
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..&.&&...& 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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