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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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..~;=$@@## they were very manipulative, and we ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### came to trust them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## kids would play down at the water even ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### entirely, and the river at the dams ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## foot would dry up, revealing the rocky ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### water garden that had been hidden ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## beneath, and we would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### ~ ~ ~ ~ before the dam opened again, ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## there would be a signal, but the elves ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### would make us not hear it, and suddenly ###@@$=;~.
..~;=$@@## we would find the water rising, already ##@@$=;~..
.~;=$@@### at our knees. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@@$=;~.
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.~;=$@@### ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ###@@$=;~.
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