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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 &,&&,&&,&&
&&,,&&,&&,                  Water.                  &&,&&,&&,,
,&,&,&&,&&                                          ,&&,&&,&,&
&&&&&,&&,,             ----††††††††----             &,&&,&&&&&
,,,,&&,&,&         --††                ††--         &&,&&,,,,,
,,,&,&&&&,  -----††   Fairies Live Here.   ††-----  ,&&,&,,,,,
,,&&&,,,&&         --††                ††--         &,&&&,,,,,
,&,,&,,&,,             ----††††††††----             &&,,&,,,,,
&&,&&,&&,&                                          ,&,&&,,,,,
,&&,&&,&&& 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.         &,&&,,&&,,
&&,,,&,,&&                                          &&,&,&,&,&
,&,,&&,&,, 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 &,,,,&&,&,
&,&,,,&,&& 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. ,&,&&&&&&,
&,&&&&&&,&                                          &&&,,,,,&&
&&,,,,,&&, 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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