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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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