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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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