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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.                  &&,,&,,&&&
,&,,&,&&,&                                          ,&,&&,&,,,
&&,&&&,&&,             ««««********««««             &&&,&&&,,,
,&&,,&&,&&         ««**                **««         ,,&&,,&,,&
&,&,&,&&,&  «««««**   fairies live here.   **«««««  ,&,&,&&,&&
&&&&&&,&&,         ««**                **««         &&&&&,&&,,
,,,,,&&,&&             ««««********««««             ,,,,&&,&,&
,,,,&,&&,&                                          ,,,&,&&&&&
,,,&&&,&&, 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. &&&&&&,,&&
&,,&,,&,,&                                          ,,,,,&,&,,
&,&&,&&,&& 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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,&&,&&&,&, ,                   ,                  , &&&,&,,&&,
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