,--:*$§@## ##@§$*:--,
,--:*$@### ###@$*:--,
,--:*$§@## ##@§$*:--,
,--:*§@### ###@§*:--,
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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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