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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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.##.##.#.# 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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