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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. ¨¨.«=§@@##
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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. ¨¨.«=§@@##
#@@§=«.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.«=§@@#
##@@§=«.¨¨ 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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