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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 §^~:,,,,,,
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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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,,,,,,:~^§ 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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