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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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