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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨### there's a freshwater pond, secluded #¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
#¨¨¨¨¨¨#¨# among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ##¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨# surrounding plains, a ninety degree ¨###¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨ drop down, down, to the midnight-black ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨###¨¨¨¨ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ###¨¨¨#¨##
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¨###¨¨#¨¨¨ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ¨###¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨#¨##¨¨#¨¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨#¨##¨¨¨¨¨
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