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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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