,,~†^¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤^†~,,
,,~†^¤¤¶¶¶ ¶¶¶¤¤^†~,,
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,,,,~†^^¤¤ ¤¤^^†~,,,,
,,,,††¤¤¤¶ ¶¤¤¤††,,,,
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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. ¶¤^^^~,,,,
,,~†^¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤^†~,,
,,,,,~†¤¤¶ ~~~~^^^^^^^^~~~~ ¶¤¤†~,,,,,
,,~†^¤¤¶¶¶ ~~^^ ^^~~ ¶¶¶¤¤^†~,,
,,~†^¤¤¶## ~~~~~^^ fairies live here. ^^~~~~~ ##¶¤¤^†~,,
,,,,††¤¤¤¤ ~~^^ ^^~~ ¤¤¤¤††,,,,
,,~†^¤¤### ~~~~^^^^^^^^~~~~ ###¤¤^†~,,
,,~†^¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤^†~,,
,,~†^¤¤¶## 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. ##¶¤¤^†~,,
,,~†^¤¤### ###¤¤^†~,,
,,,,,,~~^¤ 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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,,,,,,,†¤¶ ¶¤†,,,,,,,
,,,,††^^¤¤ ¤¤^^††,,,,
,,,~~†¤¤¤# #¤¤¤†~~,,,
,,~†^¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤^†~,,