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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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