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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. ##¤¤%*^~.¨
¨.~^*%¤### ###¤%*^~.¨
¨.~~^^%%¤# ~~~~********~~~~ #¤%%^^~~.¨
¨.~^*¤#### ~~** **~~ ####¤*^~.¨
¨.~^*%¤### ~~~~~** 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. ##%^^.¨¨¨¨
¨.~^*%%%%¤ ¤%%%%*^~.¨
¨.~^*%¤### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###¤%*^~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤*~.¨¨¨¨¨
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