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,,,^~^†$£# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #£$†^~^,,,
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,,,,,^~^†$ 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 #£$†^~^,,,
,,,,^~^†$£ hide also in the juniper. £$†^~^,,,,
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,,,,,,^~^† the fairies will beckon the animals to †^~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~^†$ push forward, tell them that they're $†^~^,,,,,
,,,,^~^†$£ almost at the water, that they may £$†^~^,,,,
,,,^~^†$£# drink soon. and they will tug on the #£$†^~^,,,
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,,^~^†$£## 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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