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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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