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¨,~^%$§### limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ###§$%^~,¨
¨¨¨¨,^^$$# surrounding plains, a ninety degree #$$^^,¨¨¨¨
¨,~^%$§### drop down, down, to the midnight-black ###§$%^~,¨
¨,~^%$§### water. ###§$%^~,¨
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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 §%~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~^%$§### bushwork and into the cleft, they are ###§$%^~,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨~%$§ they drink from the dark water, it is §$%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~^%$§### in turn drinking the animals blood. ###§$%^~,¨
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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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