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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 &&&^~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~\^$$&&# the animals what come to drink the #&&$$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### water cannot see it before it draws ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### their blood. closer to the pond, the ###&$^\~,¨
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¨~\^$&#### hide also in the juniper. ####&$^\~¨
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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 #&^^~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~\^$&### down between the rocks, away from the ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### bushwork and into the cleft, they are ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### they drink from the dark water, it is ###&$^\~,¨
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¨,~\^$&### the circle is complete, the contract ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&### carried out; the animal is abandoned to ###&$^\~,¨
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¨,~\^$&### drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ###&$^\~,¨
¨,~\^$&&&& dance in the sunbeams. &&&&$^\~,¨
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