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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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,,,,,-*%@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@%*-,,,,,
,,,----**@ @**----,,,
,-~*%*@@## ##@@*%*~-,
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