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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. **----- ,,,---/&##
@@@&//~,,, --** **-- ,,,~//&@@@
@#@&///-~, ----********---- ,~-///&@#@
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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. ,~-//*&&&#
###@&*/-~, ,~-/*&@###
###@&*/-~, 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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