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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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