,.-†§*#@## ##@#*§†-.,
,.-†§*&#@# #@#&*§†-.,
,.-†§*&#@# #@#&*§†-.,
,.-†§*&#@@ @@#&*§†-.,
,,,,,,.†*# #*†.,,,,,,
,.-†§*&#@@ , , , @@#&*§†-.,
,.-†§§§**# , , , , , , #**§§§†-.,
,,,.††§§&& . . . . . . . . &&§§††.,,,
,.-†§*&#@@ - - - - - - - - - - - @@#&*§†-.,
,.-†§*&#@@ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† @@#&*§†-.,
,,,.-†**&@ @&**†-.,,,
,.-†§***&@ 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. &§†††-..,,
,.--††††*# #*††††--.,
,.-†§*&#@# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† #@#&*§†-.,
,,,--§*&&# - - - - - - - - - - - #&&*§--,,,
,.-†§*&#@# . . . . . . . . #@#&*§†-.,
,,,,,,-†*& , , , , , , &*†-,,,,,,
,.-††††*&& , , , &&*††††-.,
,,,,--§§§& &§§§--,,,,
,,,,,-§§&@ @&§§-,,,,,
,.-†§*&##@ @##&*§†-.,
,,,,,,--§& &§--,,,,,,
,,,,,..†*& &*†..,,,,,