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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. ~ ~ ~ ##@&£%†~.,
,.~†%£&@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@&£%†~.,
,,,,,,~%&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&%~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~†%& 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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @££%~.,,,,
,.~~~%£&&@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @&&£%~~~.,
,,,..††£@@ ~ by then the elves would be gone. ~ @@£††..,,,
,.~†%£&@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@&£%†~.,
,.~†%£&@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@&£%†~.,
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