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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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