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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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#§&*†=:,,, ==** **== ,,,:=†*&§#
##§&*†=:,, =====** fairies live here. **===== ,,:=†*&§##
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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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##§&*†=:,, 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. ,,:=†*&§##
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