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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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