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####$$*-,¨ - - - - - - - - - - - ¨,-*$$####
####$$*-,¨ **************************************** ¨,-*$$####
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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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#$**-,,¨¨¨ they speak to the sloane, caress it, ¨¨¨,,-**$#
####$$*-,¨ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ¨,-*$$####
#$$$-¨¨¨¨¨ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ¨¨¨¨¨-$$$#
##$-,¨¨¨¨¨ to stay just below the grass, so that ¨¨¨¨¨,-$##
####$$*-,¨ the animals what come to drink the ¨,-*$$####
####$$*-,¨ water cannot see it before it draws ¨,-*$$####
###$$**-,¨ their blood. closer to the pond, the ¨,-**$$###
##$$$$*-,¨ sloane can grow taller, being able to ¨,-*$$$$##
##$$$$*-,¨ hide also in the juniper. ¨,-*$$$$##
#$$$$*-,,¨ ¨,,-*$$$$#
####$$*-,¨ 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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