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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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