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,,,,-~^$%£ just off the coast to the baltic sea £%$^~-,,,,
,,,-~^$%£# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #£%$^~-,,,
,,-~^$%£## among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ##£%$^~-,,
,-~^$%£### limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ###£%$^~-,
,,-~^$%£## surrounding plains, a ninety degree ##£%$^~-,,
,,,-~^$%£# drop down, down, to the midnight-black #£%$^~-,,,
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,,,,,,,,-~ ~~~~~$$ fairies live here. $$~~~~~ ~-,,,,,,,,
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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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