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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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