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#§§$$†;~,, there's a freshwater pond, secluded ,,~;†$$§§#
§§$;~~,,,, among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ,,,,~~;$§§
###§$†;~,, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,,~;†$§###
#§§§$†;~,, surrounding plains, a ninety degree ,,~;†$§§§#
###§$†;~,, drop down, down, to the midnight-black ,,~;†$§###
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###§$†;~,, urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, to stay just below the grass, so that ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, the animals what come to drink the ,,~;†$§###
§§§†††;~,, water cannot see it before it draws ,,~;†††§§§
#§§†;;,,,, their blood. closer to the pond, the ,,,,;;†§§#
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#$;,,,,,,, hide also in the juniper. ,,,,,,,;$#
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####§$;~,, push forward, tell them that they're ,,~;$§####
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###§$†;~,, drink soon. and they will tug on the ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, deep. when they finally find the path ,,~;†$§###
###§$†;~,, down between the rocks, away from the ,,~;†$§###
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###§$†;~,, bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ,,~;†$§###
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§†††;;,,,, carried out; the animal is abandoned to ,,,,;;†††§
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§§§§$†;~,, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ,,~;†$§§§§
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