¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=*§@ @§*=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨,~=*§@### ¨ ¨ ¨ ###@§*=~,¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# , , , , , , , , #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=*§@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @§*=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# ======================================== #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨,~=*§@### 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. #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨,~=*§@### ======================================== ###@§*=~,¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# , , , , , , , , #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=*§@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @§*=~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# ¨ ¨ ¨ #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨,~=*§@### ###@§*=~,¨
¨¨,~=*§@## ##@§*=~,¨¨
¨¨¨,~=*§@# #@§*=~,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~=*§@ @§*=~,¨¨¨¨