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#,,#,##,,, URGE  IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED,  WITH ,##,,,,,,,
,#,,,###,, LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS.  THEY TELL IT ,###,,,,,,
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,,,,#,,#,# WATER  CANNOT  SEE  IT  BEFORE IT  DRAWS ,,,#,##,,,
,,,,,#,,,# THEIR  BLOOD.  CLOSER TO THE  POND,  THE ,,,,,###,,
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,##,,,,,,, PUSH  FORWARD,  TELL  THEM THAT  THEY'RE ,#,,,,,,,#
,###,,,,,, ALMOST  AT  THE  WATER,  THAT  THEY  MAY ,,#,,,,,,,
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,,,,,#,##, BUSHWORK  AND INTO  THE CLEFT, THEY  ARE ,#,,,,,#,,
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,,,,,,,#,# 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 #,,,,#,,#,
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