,-~\=*¤@## ##@¤*=\~-,
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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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