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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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&£**~..... 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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