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¨¨¨¨--*†§# 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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¨.-*†§#### 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 #§††---¨¨¨
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¨.-*†§§### 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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