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,,##,,,,#,    there's a freshwater pond, secluded   ,,,,##,,##
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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 ,,,######,
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,,,,,#,#,# 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 ,,#,####,,
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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 ####,,,,,,
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#,#######, carried out; the animal is abandoned  to ,,,#,,#,,#
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