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,,,,,,,-~/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ /~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~/* ~ ~ ~  ~ elves live in the land  ~ ~ ~ ~ */~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~/*% ~ ~ ~  ~ beyond the great dam.  ~  ~ ~ ~ %*/~-,,,,,
,,,,-~/*%@ ~ it was built  in  the  late sixties. ~ @%*/~-,,,,
,,,-~/*%@@ ~ ~ ~ the elves came  to us then. ~ ~  ~ @@%*/~-,,,
,,-~/*%@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@%*/~-,,
,-~/*%@@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@%*/~-,
,,-~/*%@@# they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we #@@%*/~-,,
,,,-~/*%@@ came to  trust them.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us @@%*/~-,,,
,,,,-~/*%@ kids would  play down at the  water even @%*/~-,,,,
,,,,,-~/*% though we were not allowed. ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ %*/~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~/* ~  ~ sometimes  the  sluice  would close */~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~/ entirely,  and  the  river at  the  dams /~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ foot would dry  up,  revealing the rocky ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- water   garden  that  had  been   hidden -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, beneath, and we  would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ before  the  dam  opened  again, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, there  would be a signal, but the  elves ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, would make us not  hear it, and suddenly ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, we would find  the water rising, already ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- at  our knees.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~/ ~  by then  the elves  would be gone.  ~ /~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~/* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ */~-,,,,,,
,,,,,-~/*% ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ %*/~-,,,,,
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,,-~/*%@@#                                          #@@%*/~-,,
,-~/*%@@##                                          ##@@%*/~-,
,,-~/*%@@#                                          #@@%*/~-,,