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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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