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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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#@@&**\-., ,.-\**&@@#
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