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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.        ,,,,~/%§¤#
¤§%/~,,,,,                                          ,,,,,~/%§¤
§%/~,,,,,, 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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