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..,»\†£§##   surrounding plains, a ninety degree    ##§£†\»,..
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.,»\†£§### urge it  to grow thicker, tangled,  with ###§£†\»,.
..,»\†£§## longer and sharper thorns.  they tell it ##§£†\»,..
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..,»\†£§##        hide also in the juniper.         ##§£†\»,..
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..,»\†£§## the fairies will beckon  the  animals to ##§£†\»,..
.,»\†£§### push  forward,  tell  them  that they're ###§£†\»,.
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.,»\†£§### drink soon. and  they  will  tug on  the ###§£†\»,.
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.,»\†£§### 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 ###§£†\»,.
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