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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 ,,-†**§@##
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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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