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,&,,&,,,,, just off the coast to the baltic sea ,,&,,,,&,,
,,&,,&,,,, there's a freshwater pond, secluded &,,&,,,,&,
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&,,,&,,&,, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,&&,,&,,,,
,&,,,&,,&, surrounding plains, a ninety degree ,&&&,,&,,,
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,&,&&,,&,, urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ,&,,,,&&&,
,,,&&&,,&, longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ,,&,,,&,&&
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&&,,,&&&,, 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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,,&,,,&,&& 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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,,,&&&,,&, carried out; the animal is abandoned to ,,,&,,,,,&
&,,&,&&,,& find its own way back. the bushes roots ,,,,&,,,,,
,&,,,&&&,, drink the nutrutious water. the fairies &,,,,&,,,,
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