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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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