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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.                  &,&&,&&&&&
&,&,&&,,,&                                          &&,&&,,,,&
&&&&,&,,&&             ----********----             ,&&,&,,,&,
,,,&&&,&,,         --**                **--         &,&&&,,&&&
,,&,,&&&,,  -----**   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.          ,&,,,,,&&,
&&&&,&&&,,                                          &&,,,,&,&,
,,,&&,,&,& ======================================== ,&,,,&&&&&
,,&,&,&&&, -   -   -   -   -   -   -  -   -   -   - &&,,&,,,,&
,&&&&&,,&& ,    ,    ,     ,    ,     ,     ,     , ,&,&&,,,&&
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