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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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