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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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