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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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