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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 ###@&%;=,,
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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 ###@&%;=,,
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,,,,,,,;&# bleeding from a thousand wounds. as #&;,,,,,,,
,,=;%%&&&@ they drink from the dark water, it is @&&&%%;=,,
,,=;%&@### in turn drinking the animals blood. ###@&%;=,,
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,,,,===;&@ 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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