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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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