,,,,,,~%@# #@%~,,,,,,
,,~\%&&&@# #@&&&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### ###@&%\~,,
,,,,,~\%@# #@%\~,,,,,
,,~\\\%@@@ @@@%\\\~,,
,,,,\%&@@# , , , #@@&%\,,,,
,,~\%&@### , , , , , , ###@&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### , , , , , , , , ###@&%\~,,
,,,,,~%&@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@&%~,,,,,
,,,,,,~\&@ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ @&\~,,,,,,
,,~\%&#### ####&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### 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. ###@&%\~,,
,,,,\\\\&# #&\\\\,,,,
,,~\%&@### \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ###@&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### , , , , , , , , ###@&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### , , , , , , ###@&%\~,,
,,~%&@#### , , , ####@&%~,,
,,~\%&@### ###@&%\~,,
,,,,,,,\&# #&\,,,,,,,
,,~\%&@@@# #@@@&%\~,,
,,~\%&@### ###@&%\~,,
,,,,,,~\%@ @%\~,,,,,,