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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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