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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 &****---^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^*$& in turn drinking the animals blood. &$*^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-*$&& &&$*-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^^**$@# the circle is complete, the contract #@$**^^¨¨¨
¨^-**$&@## carried out; the animal is abandoned to ##@&$**-^¨
¨^-**$&@## find its own way back. the bushes roots ##@&$**-^¨
¨^-**$&@## drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ##@&$**-^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$@ dance in the sunbeams. @$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^-**$&@## ##@&$**-^¨
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