.-~^†*¤@## ##@¤*†^~-.
.-~^†*¤### ###¤*†^~-.
.....-~^*@ @*^~-.....
.-~^†*¤@## ##@¤*†^~-.
....-~††¤@ @¤††~-....
.-~^†*¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¤*†^~-.
.-----~†¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @¤†~-----.
.-~^†*¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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