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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. ¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤
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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 ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤ dance in the sunbeams. ¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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