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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 #,,######,
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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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