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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. @¤†=,¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¤¤†*==,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$¤ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ¤$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨=†$¤# to stay just below the grass, so that #¤$†=¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=*†$¤@## the animals what come to drink the ##@¤$†*=,¨
¨,=*†$¤@## water cannot see it before it draws ##@¤$†*=,¨
¨¨¨¨,=**$¤ their blood. closer to the pond, the ¤$**=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,=††$¤# sloane can grow taller, being able to #¤$††=,,¨¨
¨¨¨,=**†¤@ 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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