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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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