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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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