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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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