,,,,,,,~†& &†~,,,,,,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,,,,~;%#@ @#%;~,,,,,
,,~;†%#@## , , , ##@#%†;~,,
,,,,,,~†%& , , , , , , &%†~,,,,,,
,,~;;†††&@ , , , , , , , , @&†††;;~,,
,,~;†%&### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###&%†;~,,
,,,,,~†&## ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##&†~,,,,,
,,~;†%%%&# #&%%%†;~,,
,,,,~~†%%# 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. ###&%†;~,,
,,,,,~†%&& &&%†~,,,,,
,,~;††%%%& ~~~~††††††††~~~~ &%%%††;~,,
,,,,,,~;†& ~~†† ††~~ &†;~,,,,,,
,,~;†%&#@# ~~~~~†† fairies live here. ††~~~~~ #@#&%†;~,,
,,,,,,,;%# ~~†† ††~~ #%;,,,,,,,
,,,,,~††&@ ~~~~††††††††~~~~ @&††~,,,,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&#@# 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. #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&@## ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##@&%†;~,,
,,,,,,;%&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&%;,,,,,,
,,~;†%&##@ , , , , , , , , @##&%†;~,,
,,,,,,,~†& , , , , , , &†~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,;%## , , , ##%;,,,,,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,,,,~;;%& &%;;~,,,,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%&#@# #@#&%†;~,,
,,~;†%#@## ##@#%†;~,,