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