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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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