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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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