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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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