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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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..-~*=%#@#
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##@#%=*~-. 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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