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##¶&&*=~^, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,^~=*&&¶##
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¶¶¶&&*=~^, urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ,^~=*&&¶¶¶
##¶&&*=~^, longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ,^~=*&&¶##
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¶&&&&*=~^, almost at the water, that they may ,^~=*&&&&¶
##¶&&*=~^, drink soon. and they will tug on the ,^~=*&&¶##
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##¶&&*=~^, carried out; the animal is abandoned to ,^~=*&&¶##
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&*=~^^,,,, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,,,^^~=*&
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