#&††=,,,,, ,,,,,=††&#
####%†==,, ,,==†%####
#&&†=,,,,, ,,,,,=†&&#
#%%%%†==,, ,,==†%%%%#
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###
###&%†==,, , , , ,,==†%&###
###&%†==,, , , , , , , ,,==†%&###
#%†††===,, , , , , , , , , ,,===†††%#
#&%===,,,, = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,===%&#
##&&%†==,, ======================================== ,,==†%&&##
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###
#&&†††==,, 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. ,,,,====%&
#%†=,,,,,, ,,,,,,=†%#
#&&%†===,, ====††††††††==== ,,===†%&&#
&††=,,,,,, ==†† ††== ,,,,,,=††&
#%===,,,,, =====†† FAIRIES LIVE HERE. ††===== ,,,,,===%#
###&%†==,, ==†† ††== ,,==†%&###
##%†==,,,, ====††††††††==== ,,,,==†%##
#&&††==,,, ,,,==††&&#
##&†=,,,,, 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. ,,,,===†%#
&%††===,,, ,,,===††%&
#&††=,,,,, ======================================== ,,,,,=††&#
#%==,,,,,, = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,==%#
#&&&%†==,, , , , , , , , , ,,==†%&&&#
###&%†==,, , , , , , , ,,==†%&###
####&%†=,, , , , ,,=†%&####
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###
#%†=,,,,,, ,,,,,,=†%#
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###
###&%†==,, ,,==†%&###