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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. ~ ~ ~ .-~:*%@@##
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@%:~-..... 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...--~::*@
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@@%%%*:~-. ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ .-~:*%%%@@
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