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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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,.~\*$@### The Circle Is Complete, The Contract ###@$*\~.,
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,.~\*$@### Find Its Own Way Back. The Bushes Roots ###@$*\~.,
,.~\*$@### Drink The Nutrutious Water. The Fairies ###@$*\~.,
,,,,~~~*$@ Dance In The Sunbeams. @$*~~~,,,,
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