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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 ,&,,&,,,&,
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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 ,&&,,,,,&,
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,,&,,,,&,, 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 &,,,,&,,,,
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