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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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