.,-:^**§§# #§§**^:-,.
.,-:^^^^*@ @*^^^^:-,.
.,-:^*§@## ##@§*^:-,.
.,-:^*§@## ##@§*^:-,.
.,-:^*§@## ##@§*^:-,.
.,-:^*§@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@§*^:-,.
.,-:^**§@# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #@§**^:-,.
....--:**§ - - - - 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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.,-:^*@### ###@*^:-,.
,-:^*§@### ###@§*^:-,
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