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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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