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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. - - - :-^*%@@@##
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@@**--,,,, 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ,:-^*%@@@#
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@%*^:,,,,, - by then the elves would be gone. - ,,,,,:^*%@
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