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###@$===,, ======================================== ,,===$@###
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#$====,,,, JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA ,,,,====$#
###@$===,, THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED ,,===$@###
####@$==,, AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE ,,==$@####
@@@$==,,,, LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ,,,,==$@@@
###@$===,, SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ,,===$@###
####$===,, DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK ,,===$####
###@$===,, WATER. ,,===$@###
#@$=====,, ,,=====$@#
###@$===,, ================ ,,===$@###
#@$===,,,, ==== ==== ,,,,===$@#
###@$===,, ======= FAIRIES LIVE HERE. ======= ,,===$@###
###@$===,, ==== ==== ,,===$@###
#@==,,,,,, ================ ,,,,,,==@#
###@$===,, ,,===$@###
@==,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,====@#
###@$===,, ,,===$@###
###@$===,, THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ,,===$@###
@$$===,,,, PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ,,,,===$$@
###@$===,, ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ,,===$@###
#@====,,,, 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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