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##,#,#,##, ^ BRANCHED WAY BACK ^ ,,#,#,#,#,
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&§,@,&¨&¤, FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND ¨¨@.#.&¨#.
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.#,&,£.¨#¨ AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. ,@¤¨§,@¨¤.
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,£.@,£¨¨£, WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE .@§¨¤¨@¨&,
¤@,#,&.¤&. GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO ¨¨¤¨¤,#.¤,
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£&,@¨#¨#§¨ ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO ,.¤¨@¨#.¤.
¨£,¤¨&¨¨#¨ DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS, ,§£,&,£¨¤,
£¤,¤.#.#@. LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL. ..£.#.@.#,
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.@¨&.&..§, CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE ¨£#¨¤¨£¨#,
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.§¨&¨§.¨#, TO,THEM,-.SUDDEN.,,THOUGHTS¨OF, ,§#.£,@.§¨
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