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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 $†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-† surrounding plains, a ninety degree †-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- drop down, down, to the midnight-black -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-† water. †-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,-†$& ----$$$$$$$$---- &$†-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-†$&¶ --$$ $$-- ¶&$†-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-†$&¶# -----$$ fairies live here. $$----- #¶&$†-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-†$&¶## --$$ $$-- ##¶&$†-,¨¨
¨,-†$&¶### ----$$$$$$$$---- ###¶&$†-,¨
¨¨,-†$&¶## ##¶&$†-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-†$&¶# 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. &$†-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-†$&¶ ¶&$†-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-†$&¶# 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 $†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-† bleeding from a thousand wounds. as †-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,- they drink from the dark water, it is -,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-† in turn drinking the animals blood. †-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-†$ $†-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-†$& 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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