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#£&$%~:¨¨¨ among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ¨¨¨:~%$&£#
##£&$%~:¨¨ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ¨¨:~%$&£##
###£&$%~:¨ surrounding plains, a ninety degree ¨:~%$&£###
##£&$%~:¨¨ drop down, down, to the midnight-black ¨¨:~%$&£##
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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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&$%~:¨¨¨¨¨ almost at the water, that they may ¨¨¨¨¨:~%$&
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##£&$%~:¨¨ bushwork and into the cleft, they are ¨¨:~%$&£##
#£&$%~:¨¨¨ bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ¨¨¨:~%$&£#
£&$%~:¨¨¨¨ they drink from the dark water, it is ¨¨¨¨:~%$&£
&$%~:¨¨¨¨¨ in turn drinking the animals blood. ¨¨¨¨¨:~%$&
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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ find its own way back. the bushes roots ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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