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....\\\*@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@*\\\....
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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@##@*\~..
.....\**@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@**\.....
..~~~*@### ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ###@*~~~..
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