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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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