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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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