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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 ##@&%$/»,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, to stay just below the grass, so that ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,» the animals what come to drink the »,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»/ water cannot see it before it draws /»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»/$%& hide also in the juniper. &%$/»,¨¨¨¨
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¨,»/$%&@## push forward, tell them that they're ##@&%$/»,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,»/$% 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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