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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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