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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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