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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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