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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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