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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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