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§¤=\~,.... ....,~\=¤§
@§¤=\~,... ...,~\=¤§@
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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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#@§¤=\~,.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..,~\=¤§@#
@§¤=\~,... ...,~\=¤§@
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@§¤=\~,... ...,~\=¤§@
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