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,,,,#####, just  off  the coast  to  the baltic sea #####,,,,,
###,,###,,    there's a freshwater pond, secluded   ####,,####
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#,,##,,,,,  limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the   ##,,##,,##
,,,,,,####   surrounding plains, a ninety degree    #,,,,,,,,#
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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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