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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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