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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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,,,,###,#,  ~~~~~%%   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 #,,###,###
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,#,,,##,,, BLEEDING  FROM  A  THOUSAND  WOUNDS.  AS ,#,#,##,,,
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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 ##,#,,,,,#
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