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.,-†=%§### 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 §§===†-...
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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 ##@§%=†-,.
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.,-†=%§@## down between the rocks, away from the ##@§%=†-,.
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....,††==§ they drink from the dark water, it is §==††,....
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.,---†=%§§ 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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