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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. ,,,-*=@#
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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 ,,-*=@##
##&@=*-,,, 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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