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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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