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,:~^%%¤### ###¤%%^~:,
,:~^%%¤### ###¤%%^~:,
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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. ~ ~ ~ ####%%^~:,
,:~^%%¤¤¤# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #¤¤¤%%^~:,
,:~^%%¤### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###¤%%^~:,
,:~^%%¤### 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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,:~^%%¤¤## ##¤¤%%^~:,
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