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....:-*†*# There'S A Freshwater Pond, Secluded #*†*-:....
...:-*†*## Among Ashen And Juniper. A Cleft In The ##*†*-:...
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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 ####*†*-:.
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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 ###*†*-:..
.:-*†*#### 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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...:-*†*## Find Its Own Way Back. The Bushes Roots ##*†*-:...
....:-*†*# Drink The Nutrutious Water. The Fairies #*†*-:....
.....:-*†* Dance In The Sunbeams. *†*-:.....
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