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&&%%**\~.. ..~\**%%&&
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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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