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¨¨¨¨¨,=†$% %$†=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†$%¤ just off the coast to the baltic sea ¤%$†=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=†$%¤# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #¤%$†=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=†$%¤## among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ##¤%$†=,¨¨
¨,=†$%¤### limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ###¤%$†=,¨
¨¨,=†$%¤## surrounding plains, a ninety degree ##¤%$†=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=†$%¤# drop down, down, to the midnight-black #¤%$†=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†$%¤ water. ¤%$†=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=†$% %$†=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†$ ====$$$$$$$$==== $†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=† ==$$ $$== †=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,= =====$$ 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. $†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=†$% %$†=,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†$%¤ 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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