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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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