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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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