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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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