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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.                  &,&&,&&&&&
&,&&&&,&&&                                          &&&,&&,,,,
&&&,,,&&,,             ~~~~^^^^^^^^~~~~             ,,,&&,&,,,
&,,&,,&,&,         ~~^^                ^^~~         &,,&,&&&,,
&&,&&,&&&&  ~~~~~^^   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.          &&,&&&,&,&
&&,,&&&,&&                                          &,&&,,&&&&
,,&,&,,&&, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,&&,&,&,,,
,,&&&&,&,& ~   ~   ~  ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~ &&,&&&&&,,
,,&,,,&&&& :     :    :     :    :     :     :    : ,,&&,,,,&,
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