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#££%**«~,, SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ,,~«**%££#
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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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