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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. &&,&,&&,&,
&&&,,,,,&& &,&&&&,&&&
,,,&,,,,&, 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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