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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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