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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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