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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. =  = = ¶¶¤**:....
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.:=*%¤¤¶## 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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