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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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