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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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