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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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