¨¨¨,-;*@&# #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@&## ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@&### ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@&## ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@&# #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& ¨ ¨ ¨ &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& , , , , , , , , &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@&# - - - - - - - - - - - #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@&## ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@&### ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@&## 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. ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@&# #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ - - - - - - - - - - - @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& , , , , , , , , &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@&# ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@&## ¨ ¨ ¨ ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@&### ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@&## ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@&# #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨