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.,-†§$§### surrounding plains, a ninety degree ###§$§†-,.
.,-†§$§### drop down, down, to the midnight-black ###§$§†-,.
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.,-†§$§### urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ###§$§†-,.
..,,--††§§ 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 §§§§§§†-,.
.,-†§$§### their blood. closer to the pond, the ###§$§†-,.
.,-†§$§### sloane can grow taller, being able to ###§$§†-,.
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.,-†§$§### push forward, tell them that they're ###§$§†-,.
.,-†§$§### almost at the water, that they may ###§$§†-,.
.,-†§$§### drink soon. and they will tug on the ###§$§†-,.
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.,-†§$§### drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ###§$§†-,.
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