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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    ,,,#######
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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 ##,,#,,,,#
######,,## 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 ,,,,,,,###
,,,,#####, 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. ,,,,,,,,##
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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 ##,,,,,,,#
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