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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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=;~:,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,:~;=
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@$=;~:,,,, THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ,,,,:~;=$@
#@$=;~:,,, PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ,,,:~;=$@#
##@$=;~:,, ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ,,:~;=$@##
###@$=;~:, DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE ,:~;=$@###
##@$=;~:,, SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ,,:~;=$@##
#@$=;~:,,, DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ,,,:~;=$@#
@$=;~:,,,, DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE ,,,,:~;=$@
$=;~:,,,,, BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE ,,,,,:~;=$
=;~:,,,,,, BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ,,,,,,:~;=
;~:,,,,,,, THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ,,,,,,,:~;
~:,,,,,,,, IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. ,,,,,,,,:~
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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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