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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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¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¤ 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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