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-,,,,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ elves live in the land ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,,,,-
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/~-,,,,,,, ~ it was built in the late sixties. ~ ,,,,,,,-~/
%/~-,,,,,, ~ ~ ~ the elves came to us then. ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,,-~/%
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@£$%/~-,,, ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close ,,,-~/%$£@
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%/~-,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,-~/
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