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#**~...... ......~**#
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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. ~ ~ ~ .^~^***@@@
#@***~.... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ....~***@#
#@@@**^~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~^**@@@#
##@#@*^~^. 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~^**@#@@
#@#@**^~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~^**@#@#
@*~~~~~~^. ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ .^~~~~~~*@
@@*^~^^^^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^^^^~^*@@
#@#@**^~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~^**@#@#
@@****^~^. .^~^****@@
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