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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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