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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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