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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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