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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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