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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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