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,@@,,,@@,, drop down, down, to the midnight-black @,@,,,,,,,
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,@,@@,@@@, 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 ,@,@,,@,,@
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,,@,@@@@,@ 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 @@,@@,@@@@
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,@,,@,@,@@ they drink from the dark water, it is @,,@@,@@@,
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@@@@@,,@,@ find its own way back. the bushes roots @@@@@,@@,,
@,,,,@,@@@ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,,,,@@,@,
@@,,,@@@,, dance in the sunbeams. ,,,,,@,@@@
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