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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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,&&,,&&&,&             ====††††††††====             &,,&,,&&,,
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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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