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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   ,,,#,,,,,#
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,,,#,,,#,, they speak  to  the  sloane, caress  it, ,,,,##,,##
,,##,,##,# urge  it to grow thicker, tangled,  with ,,,#,#,#,#
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#######,,, to stay  just below the  grass,  so that ,#,,,,,,,#
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,,,,,##,,, water cannot  see  it  before  it  draws ,#,,,,,##,
,,,,#,#,,# their  blood.  closer to  the  pond, the ##,,,,#,#,
,,,####,#, sloane can  grow  taller,  being able to ,#,,,####,
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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 ##,,,,#,#,
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,###,#,,,# carried out; the  animal is abandoned to ###,#,##,#
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#,#,,#,#,# drink the nutrutious  water. the fairies ,#,,,##,,,
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