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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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£§/,...... though we were not allowed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ......,/§£
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@££§§%/~,. entirely, and the river at the dams .,~/%§§££@
@@@£§%/~,. foot would dry up, revealing the rocky .,~/%§£@@@
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@@£%%%/~,. beneath, and we would go there. ~ ~ ~ ~ .,~/%%%£@@
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@@££§%/~,. there would be a signal, but the elves .,~/%§££@@
£§%/~,,... would make us not hear it, and suddenly ...,,~/%§£
#@@£§%/~,. we would find the water rising, already .,~/%§£@@#
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