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@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
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#@@¤@%*«^¨ surrounding plains, a ninety degree ¨^«*%@¤@@#
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@@¤@%*«^¨¨ 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 ¨^«*%@¤@@#
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#@@¤@%*«^¨ hide also in the juniper. ¨^«*%@¤@@#
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@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ the fairies will beckon the animals to ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
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@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ almost at the water, that they may ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
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#@@¤@%*«^¨ sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ¨^«*%@¤@@#
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@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
¤@%*«^¨¨¨¨ they drink from the dark water, it is ¨¨¨¨^«*%@¤
@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ in turn drinking the animals blood. ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
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#@@¤@%*«^¨ find its own way back. the bushes roots ¨^«*%@¤@@#
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@¤@%*«^¨¨¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨¨¨^«*%@¤@
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