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#££@%^\~,, 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 ,,,,,~\\%@
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##£@%^\~,, to stay just below the grass, so that ,,~\^%@£##
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#£@@%^\~,, water cannot see it before it draws ,,~\^%@@£#
###@%^\~,, their blood. closer to the pond, the ,,~\^%@###
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##£@%^\~,, hide also in the juniper. ,,~\^%@£##
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#£@@%^\~,, push forward, tell them that they're ,,~\^%@@£#
##£@%^\~,, almost at the water, that they may ,,~\^%@£##
@@@^^\\~,, drink soon. and they will tug on the ,,~\\^^@@@
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##£@%^\~,, 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 ,,~\^%@£##
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##£@%^\~,, in turn drinking the animals blood. ,,~\^%@£##
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##£@%^\~,, carried out; the animal is abandoned to ,,~\^%@£##
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##£@%^\~,, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,~\^%@£##
##£@%^\~,, dance in the sunbeams. ,,~\^%@£##
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