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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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