,~~/$§§### ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§§§§ §§§§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,~/§§# #§§/~,,,,,
,,,,,,~$§# #§$~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/§§§ , , , §§§/~,,,,,
,~~/$§§### , , , , , , ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,~//$§ //////////////////////////////////////// §$//~,,,,,
,~~/$§§### ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### just off the coast to the baltic sea ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,,~/$§ there's a freshwater pond, secluded §$/~,,,,,,
,~~/$§#### among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ####§$/~~,
,~/$§§#### limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ####§§$/~,
,~~/$§§### surrounding plains, a ninety degree ###§§$/~~,
,~~~~~$§§§ drop down, down, to the midnight-black §§§$~~~~~,
,~~/$§§§## water. ##§§§$/~~,
,~~~//§§§# #§§§//~~~,
,,,,,~//§§ ~~~~$$$$$$$$~~~~ §§//~,,,,,
,,~~~/$§§§ ~~$$ $$~~ §§§$/~~~,,
,,,~~$$§## ~~~~~$$ fairies live here. $$~~~~~ ##§$$~~,,,
,,,,~~//§# ~~$$ $$~~ #§//~~,,,,
,,,,,~/§§§ ~~~~$$$$$$$$~~~~ §§§/~,,,,,
,~~/$§§### ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### they speak to the sloane, caress it, ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,~$$§# 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 §§§$$$/~~,
,~~/$§§### carried out; the animal is abandoned to ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### find its own way back. the bushes roots ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,,~$§§ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies §§$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~$§ dance in the sunbeams. §$~~,,,,,,
,~~/$§§§§§ §§§§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### //////////////////////////////////////// ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###§§$/~~,
,~~/$§§### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,~//$§ , , , , , , §$//~,,,,,
,~~/$§§### , , , ###§§$/~~,
,,,,,~~$$§ §$$~~,,,,,
,~~//$§§§# #§§§$//~~,
,,,,~~/$§# #§$/~~,,,,
,,~~~///$§ §$///~~~,,
,,,,~/§§§§ §§§§/~,,,,