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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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