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,,-~^§£#£# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #£#£§^~-,,
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,,-~^§£#£# limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the #£#£§^~-,,
,,,-~^§£#£ surrounding plains, a ninety degree £#£§^~-,,,
,,,,-~^§£# drop down, down, to the midnight-black #£§^~-,,,,
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,,,,-~^§£# 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 £#£§^~-,,,
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,-~^§£#£## 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 £#£§^~-,,,
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,,,-~^§£#£ 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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