,,^-=^§&@#                                          #@&§^=-^,,
,^-=^§&@##                                          ##@&§^=-^,
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,,,^-=^§&@                                          @&§^=-^,,,
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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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