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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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