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.#.#..#.#. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #.#.#.##.#
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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.                  #.#.#.##.#
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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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.#.#..#.#. 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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.#.#..#.#. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #.#.#.##.#
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