¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨,,~;&@ @&;~,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~~§&§ ¨ ¨ ¨ §&§~~~¨¨¨¨
¨,~;§&§@## ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ##@§&§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,;&§@ , , , , , , , , @§&;,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,;;;§§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §§;;;,¨¨¨¨
¨,~;§&§@## ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##@§&§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## 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. §&§;;;,¨¨¨
¨,~§&§@### ###@§&§~,¨
¨¨¨~~§§&§§ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; §§&§§~~¨¨¨
¨,~;§&§@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@§&§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## , , , , , , , , ##@§&§;~,¨
¨¨¨,,;§&&@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @&&§;,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~;§&@ ¨ ¨ ¨ @&§;~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~~;;&&&@ @&&&;;~~,¨
¨¨¨,,~§&&@ @&&§~,,¨¨¨
¨,~;§§&§§§ §§§&§§;~,¨
¨,~;§&§@## ##@§&§;~,¨
¨¨,~~§§§§§ §§§§§~~,¨¨