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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. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ 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. ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨ ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§§ 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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