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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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#.#.#.#..# //////////////////////////////////////// #.#..#.#.#
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