.,~;*%¤#@# #@#¤%*;~,.
.,~;*%%¤¤# #¤¤%%*;~,.
.,~;*%¤#@# #@#¤%*;~,.
.,~;*%¤#@# #@#¤%*;~,.
.,~;*%¤#@# #@#¤%*;~,.
....,~~*%¤ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¤%*~~,....
.,~~~;;%%# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #%%;;~~~,.
.,~;*%¤#@# ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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.,~;*%¤#@# #@#¤%*;~,.