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,@,,,,@,,@ 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 @@,,,@@@,@
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,,@,,@,@,@ their blood. closer to the pond, the ,@@@,@@,@,
,,@@,@@@@@ sloane can grow taller, being able to ,@,,@@,@@@
@,@,@@,,,, hide also in the juniper. @@@,@,@@,,
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,@,,,@,,@, 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 ,,@@,,,,@@
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@@,,,,@@@, find its own way back. the bushes roots ,@,@@@,,@@
,,@,,,@,,@ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,@@@,,@,@,
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