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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. £$:=^,,,,,
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,,,,,^=:$£ 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 #§£$:=^,,,
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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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