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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. §§^^-,,,,¨
¨,--;;^^%§ §%^^;;--,¨
¨,-;^%§¶@# ----^^^^^^^^---- #@¶§%^;-,¨
¨,-;^%¶@## --^^ ^^-- ##@¶%^;-,¨
¨¨¨¨,;%§¶@ -----^^ fairies live here. ^^----- @¶§%;,¨¨¨¨
¨,-;^%§¶@# --^^ ^^-- #@¶§%^;-,¨
¨,-;^%§@## ----^^^^^^^^---- ##@§%^;-,¨
¨¨¨¨,-;;%¶ ¶%;;-,¨¨¨¨
¨,-;^^^^§@ 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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¨¨¨¨¨,;;%¶ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¶%;;,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,,-^%¶¶ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¶¶%^-,,¨¨¨
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¨,-;^%§¶@# #@¶§%^;-,¨
¨,-;^^^§§§ §§§^^^;-,¨
¨,-;^%§¶@# #@¶§%^;-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨-^^%§ §%^^-¨¨¨¨¨