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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. ,,,,,,,&&&
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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 &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& dance in the sunbeams. &&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&&&&&& ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &&&&&&&&&&
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