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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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.~~†@¤£### came to trust them. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ us ###£¤@†~~.
.~~†§@¤£## kids would play down at the water even ##£¤@§†~~.
.~~†§@¤£## though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##£¤@§†~~.
...~††@@@£ ~ ~ sometimes the sluice would close £@@@††~...
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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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