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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 ,,,,,«/@¤#
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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 ,:«/@¤####
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###¤@=/«:, SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ,:«/=@¤###
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###¤@=/«:, 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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