.~=:^&§@@# #@@§&^:=~.
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...~=:^&§@ @§&^:=~...
....~=:^&§ §&^:=~....
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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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