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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. ¨:=^*@§###
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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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