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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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.......-*& - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - &*-.......
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