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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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,&,,,&&&,, ~~~~~** 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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