¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
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¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
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¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# ¨ ¨ ¨ #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# , , , , , , , , #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# //////////////////////////////////////// #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# just off the coast to the baltic sea #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## there's a freshwater pond, secluded ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# surrounding plains, a ninety degree #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## drop down, down, to the midnight-black ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# water. #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# ~~~~$$$$$$$$~~~~ #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ~~$$ $$~~ ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# ~~~~~$$ fairies live here. $$~~~~~ #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ~~$$ $$~~ ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# ~~~~$$$$$$$$~~~~ #@&%$/~,¨¨
¨,~/$%&@## ##@&%$/~,¨
¨¨,~/$%&@# 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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