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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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¨-=/^§§§@#                                          #@§§§^/=-¨