,,,,,-~**¤ ¤**~-,,,,,
,,,,-~**¤@ @¤**~-,,,,
,,,-~**¤@@ @@¤**~-,,,
,,-~**¤@@# #@@¤**~-,,
,-~**¤@@## ##@@¤**~-,
,,-~**¤@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@¤**~-,,
,,,-~**¤@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@¤**~-,,,
,,,,-~**¤@ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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,,,,,,,-~* *~-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-~** **~-,,,,,,