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@**\\~,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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