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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 £@@/-,,,,,
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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.        ##£&@%/-^,
,^-%@&£###                                          ###£&@%-^,
,^-/%@&£## 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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