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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 $^†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†^ sloane can grow taller, being able to ^†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~† hide also in the juniper. †~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, the fairies will beckon the animals to ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ push forward, tell them that they're ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ almost at the water, that they may ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ drink soon. and they will tug on the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ deep. when they finally find the path ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ down between the rocks, away from the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ bushwork and into the cleft, they are ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ they drink from the dark water, it is ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~† in turn drinking the animals blood. †~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†^ ^†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†^$ 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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