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#,###,###, urge it  to  grow thicker, tangled, with #,#,,,##,#
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########## the  animals  what  come  to  drink  the ,###,,##,#
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,,,,,,,,#, their  blood.  closer to the  pond,  the #,#####,#,
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,##,,#,#,# drink soon.  and  they  will tug on  the ,,,#,#,##,
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####,,,,,# deep.  when they  finally find the  path ,#,,,,####
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,#,####,,# drink the nutrutious water. the  fairies ,#,,,,,,,#
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