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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«^%
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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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