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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .....~*£@@
###@£%=~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~=%£@###
@%**=^.... ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ ....^=**%@
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###@%*=~^. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .^~=*%@###
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