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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 ,&&,,,,,,,
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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. ,,,,&,&&,,
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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 &,,&,,,,,,
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