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,,,,#,,#,, just  off  the coast  to  the baltic sea ,,,,,#,#,,
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,,#,##,#,, among ashen and juniper. a cleft in  the ,,,#,,,#,,
,###,###,#   limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the  ,,##,,##,,
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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 ,#,#,##,,,
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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 ,,#,#,#,,,
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#,#,##,##, they  drink from  the dark  water, it is #,,,,,#,,#
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#,#,#,,### drink the  nutrutious water. the fairies ,,##,####,
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