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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 #,,#,,###,
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,,,,#####, 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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