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##@#§†/~-, 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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###†~,,,,, ~~~~~†† fairies live here. ††~~~~~ ,,,,,~†###
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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 ,,,--///†#
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##††~-,,,, 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 ,-~/†§#@@#
##†///~~-, sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ,-~~///†##
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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 ,,,,,,~†##
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@##§††/~-, 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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