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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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