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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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,,&&&,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,,&
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