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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 ...---***&
¶*$$*..... LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT .....*$$*¶
&$$*...... TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ......*$$&
@¶¶&*$*-.. THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE ..-*$*&¶¶@
##¶&*$*-.. WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ..-*$*&¶##
##¶&*$*-.. THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ..-*$*&¶##
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#@¶&*$*-.. HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. ..-*$*&¶@#
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@&$$**.... THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ....**$$&@
##@¶*$*-.. PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ..-*$*¶@##
##¶&*$*-.. ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ..-*$*&¶##
#@¶&*$*-.. DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE ..-*$*&¶@#
&$*....... SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT .......*$&
@@¶&*$*-.. DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ..-*$*&¶@@
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¶¶**$$*-.. BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE ..-*$$**¶¶
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¶***$**-.. THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ..-**$***¶
##@¶&**-.. 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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