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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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