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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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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,^-**###
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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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