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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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#.#.##.#.#  =====^^   fairies live here.   ^^=====  #.#.#.#.#.
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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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