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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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@$=^~,,,,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,,,,~^=$@
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