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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 ,#,,#,#,#,
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##,#,,#,#, though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ,#,##,,,,,
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###,,##,,, entirely,  and the  river  at  the  dams ,,,,###,,,
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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 ,#,,######
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