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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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@@#@@$/»:¨ CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO ¨:»/$@@#@@
#@@@@$/»:¨ FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS ¨:»/$@@@@#
#@#@@$/»:¨ DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ¨:»/$@@#@#
#@#@@$/»:¨ DANCE IN THE SUNBEAMS. ¨:»/$@@#@#
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