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,,-†$%£@## there's a freshwater pond, secluded ##@£%$†-,,
,,,,,,,-$# among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the #$-,,,,,,,
,,-†$%#£@@ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the @@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# surrounding plains, a ninety degree #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# drop down, down, to the midnight-black #@£#%$†-,,
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,,-†$%%#£@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @£#%%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# longer and sharper thorns. they tell it #@£#%$†-,,
,,,,,-$$%# to stay just below the grass, so that #%$$-,,,,,
,,-†$%#@## the animals what come to drink the ##@#%$†-,,
,,-†$#£@## water cannot see it before it draws ##@£#$†-,,
,,,,-†††%£ their blood. closer to the pond, the £%†††-,,,,
,,-†$%#£@# sloane can grow taller, being able to #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# hide also in the juniper. #@£#%$†-,,
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,,-†$%#£@# the fairies will beckon the animals to #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£## push forward, tell them that they're ##£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# almost at the water, that they may #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# drink soon. and they will tug on the #@£#%$†-,,
,,,,,,††$# sloane to make sure that the thorns cut #$††,,,,,,
,,-†$%#£@# deep. when they finally find the path #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£## down between the rocks, away from the ##£#%$†-,,
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,,-†$%#£## bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ##£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# they drink from the dark water, it is #@£#%$†-,,
,,-†$%#£@# in turn drinking the animals blood. #@£#%$†-,,
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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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