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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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