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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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##,#,,#,#, though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,#,##,,,,,
#,###,#### ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close ####,#,,,,
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#,##,,,,,# 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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