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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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