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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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