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#@#@=*«.,, **************************************** ,,.«*=@#@#
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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. ==««««« ,,.«*=@#@#
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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 ,,.«*=@#@#
##@#@=*«., 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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