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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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