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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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......~\$§ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §$\~......
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