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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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,,==*$§@@@ ==** **== @@@§$*==,,
,,==*$$§@@ =====** fairies live here. **===== @@§$$*==,,
,,==*$§@## ==** **== ##@§$*==,,
,,==*$§@## ====********==== ##@§$*==,,
,,,,,==*$@ @$*==,,,,,
,,==*$§@@# they speak to the sloane, caress it, #@@§$*==,,
,,==$§@### urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ###@§$==,,
,,==*$§@## longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ##@§$*==,,
,,==*$§@## to stay just below the grass, so that ##@§$*==,,
,,,,,,==*§ 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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