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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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