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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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.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ . . . . . . . . ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
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†=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=†
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