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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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