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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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.#.##..#.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ .#........
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