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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. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨##¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨ 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. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨##¨#¨#¨ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨ 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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