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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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