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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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