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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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