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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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