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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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