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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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