,,,,,,,,,, #,,,#,,,,,
########## ,,#,,,####
#########, #,,,#,,###
########,, ,,#,,,,,##
#######,,# #,,,###,,#
######,,,, , , , ,,#,,#,,,,
,####,,##, , , , , , , ,,,,,,,##,
,,##,,,,,, , , , , , , , , ######,,,,
#,,,,##### « « « « « « « « « « « #####,,###
,,##,,#### †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ####,,,,##
,,,,,,,##, ###,,##,,,
######,,,, 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. ##########
########## ##########
########## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##########
########## « « « « « « « « « « « ##########
########## , , , , , , , , ##########
########## , , , , , , ##########
########## , , , ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########
########## ##########