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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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&&,&,,&,&& †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† &,&&,,&,&,
&,&&&,&&&, -   -   -   -   -   -  -   -   -   -   - ,&&,&,&&&&
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