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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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«.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨.«=%@#
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#@%=«.¨¨¨¨ they drink from the dark water, it is ¨¨¨¨.«=%@#
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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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