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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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