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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    #,,,,#,,#,
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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 ##,,##,#,,
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,####,#,#, 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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